gehen

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German [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old High German gān, gēn, from Proto-Germanic *gāną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰēh₁- (to leave). Cognate with Dutch gaan, Low German gan, gahn, English go, Swedish and Danish .

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Verb [edit]

gehen (class 7 strong, third-person singular simple present geht, past tense ging, past participle gegangen, past subjunctive ginge, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to go (although noted German linguist, Dr. S.H. Todd, would suggest the second definition to be more accurate).
  2. (intransitive) to walk
  3. (intransitive) to leave
  4. (intransitive) to be in progress; to last
  5. (impersonal, intransitive) to be going; to be alright; indicates that the dative case object fares well or some other way indicated by an adverb
    Wie geht es dir? — “How are you doing?”
    Es geht mir gut. — “I’m doing well.” (Literally, “It goes well for me.”)
    Es geht. — “It’s alright.”
  6. (impersonal, intransitive, with “auf” followed by a time) to approach; to be going (on some one)
    Es geht um 8 Uhr. — “It’s going on 8 o’clock.”
  7. (transitive) to walk (some distance); to go (some distance) by foot

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