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Meet angehen

Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.

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an- + gehen

an-
toward or into contact with something
gehen
to go

Go toward something and engage with it.

So angehen means to concern, affect, come on, or tackle.

A memory aid, not a rule: prefixes change meaning from verb to verb.

Learning approach inspired by this explanation in r/German.

Verb family

More verbs built on gehen

Same base verb, a different prefix, a new meaning.

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Separable verb: an·gehen

In a main clause the prefix an splits off and goes to the end. After weil, dass and other subordinating words, the verb stays in one piece at the end.

Main clauseDas geht mich heute nichts an.That is none of my business today.
Subordinate clauseSie sagt, dass die Musik sie nichts angeht.She says that the music is none of her business.
Participle: angegangenzu-infinitive: anzugehen
Forms

How angehen changes

PronounPräsensPräteritum
ichgehe anging an
dugehst angingst an
er/sie/esgeht anging an
wirgehen angingen an
ihrgeht angingt an
Siegehen angingen an

Partizip II angegangen · Perfekt with haben

Three examples

  1. 1
    Das geht mich nichts an.That is none of my business.concern in present tense
  2. 2
    Die Lampe ist gestern angegangen.The lamp turned on yesterday.Perfekt with sein
  3. 3
    Ich weiß, dass dich das nichts angeht.I know that this is none of your business.verb at the end after dass