gehen

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From Old High German gān, gēn, from Proto-Germanic *gānan. Cognate with Dutch gaan, Low German gan, English go, Swedish and Danish .

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

  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 auf 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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