Translation
to go; to walk; to work, to be going (of a situation)
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Word origin
From Old High German gān, from the same Germanic root as English go.
- Origin
- Old High German
- Root
- gān
- English cognates
- go
Grammar
Irregular verb. A full conjugation table for irregular verbs is coming soon. For now, use a reference like Wordreference or RAE.
Examples
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I walk to work.
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How is your mother?
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Yesterday we went to the theatre.
Where this fits
Used in
Stories
(28)Ist das noch da?
1 min read · Core 1000
Wer war das?
1 min read · Core 1000
Das Gespräch für den Job
2 min read · Core 5000
Der Brief an mich
2 min read · Core 1000
Der Schlüssel
2 min read · Core 1000
In Wien: Wo ist das Museum?
2 min read · Core 5000
Wo ist Bruno?
2 min read · Core 5000
Zwei Tickets für das Konzert
2 min read · Core 5000
Bei der Gastfamilie
3 min read · Core 5000
Beim Arzt mit Schmerzen
3 min read · Core 5000
Das Licht gegenüber
3 min read · Core 1000
Der Ausflug am Freitag
3 min read · Core 5000
Der falsche Bus
3 min read · Core 5000
Der Kuchen für Oma
3 min read · Core 5000
Die Cola-Woche
3 min read · Core 5000
Die Tür ist offen
3 min read · Core 1000
Ein Foto mit dem Star
3 min read · Core 5000
Ein Job am Samstag
3 min read · Core 5000
Im Geschäft: Das Handy ist kaputt
3 min read · Core 5000
Willkommen in Wien
3 min read · Core 5000
Das Vorbild mit der Werbung
4 min read · Core 5000
Der neue Freund
4 min read · Core 5000
Die Uniform-Frage
4 min read · Core 5000
Zu müde für alles
4 min read · Core 5000
Das neue Lied
5 min read · Core 5000
Die Straße vor der Schule
5 min read · Core 5000
Nicht vor den Leuten
5 min read · Core 1000
Selins Entscheidung
5 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
(19)German Compound Nouns: Connecting Letters (Fugenelemente)
German Future Tense: werden Plus the Infinitive (and Futur II)
German Imperative: du, ihr, Sie Commands (and sei, seid, seien Sie)
German Irregular Verbs: The Strong Verb Patterns That Repeat
Konjunktiv 2 in German: Would, Could and Should Have
German Modal Verbs: All Six Conjugated as One Block
German Negation: Nicht or Kein, and Where Nicht Goes
German Past Participles: gemacht, gesprochen, verstanden
German Perfect Tense: haben or sein, Plus a Past Participle
German Prepositions: Which Case Each One Takes, in One Chart
German School and Town Words: Lehrer, Lehrerin, Bahnhof
German Separable Verbs with Modals and werden: Word Order
German Separable Verbs: anrufen, aufstehen and the Prefix That Jumps to the End
German Simple Past (Präteritum): war, hatte and the Written Past
German Stem-Changing Verbs: sprichst, siehst, fährst
German Conjunctions: weil, dass, wenn and the Verb That Goes Last
German Verb Conjugation: The One Pattern Under Every Verb
German Sentence Structure: Why the Verb Always Comes Second
German zu + Infinitive: um zu, ohne zu, statt zu Explained
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gehen: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 10: gehen, oder, nach and 11 more words.