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abgehen

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German abegān, from Old High German abagān. Equivalent to ab- +‎ gehen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈapˌɡeːən/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: ab‧ge‧hen

Verb

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abgehen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present geht ab, past tense ging ab, past participle abgegangen, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive)
    1. to come off, to come loose, to wear off
      Der Knopf ist abgegangen.The button came off.
    2. to leave (esp. an educational institution; not necessarily by graduating)
      Ich muss von der Schule abgehen.I have to leave the school.
    3. (theater) to exit the stage
      Das Stück ist zu Ende, die Darsteller gehen von der Bühne ab.The play is over, the performers exit the stage.
    4. (usually colloquial) to go down, to happen
      Synonyms: los sein, abspielen, passieren, geschehen
      Was geht denn zwischen euch beiden ab?What's going on between you two?
      Hier geht es ganz schön ab!There's a lot going on here!
    5. (colloquial) to rise in excitement, momentum, arousal etc. (not necessarily clearly distinguishable from the sense of mere happening)
      Es geht heute richtig ab an der Börse.The stock markets are bear bullish today.
      Halbleiterwerte gehen heute ab.Semis are surging today.
      Ihm ging einer ab, als er das sah.He was about to go off upon attending this.
    6. (colloquial) to go wild, to pop off, to let loose (of a person; typically describing celebration or partying)
      • 2002 July 1, Reiner Calmund, quotee, “Zitat des Tages: Durchmachen mit dem Chef”, in Der Spiegel[1], archived from the original on 29 December 2013:
        Der Kanzler ist voll abgegangen, und die Jungs auch.
        The chancellor really let loose, and the lads did as well.
    7. (formal or Southern Germany, Austria, Bavaria) to be missing, to lack, to be absent
      Synonyms: fehlen, vermissen
      Mir geht meine Mutter ab.I miss my mother.
    8. (rare) to die
  2. (transitive) to make a control walk on or otherwise literally or figuratively pass by step by step
    Ich bin noch mal das Auto abgegangen, um zu schauen, ob es ganz sauber ist.I walked around the car to assure myself of its being completely clean.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • abgehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • abgehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • abgehen” in Duden online
  • abgehen” in OpenThesaurus.de