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Meet durchgehen

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

All 5 meanings

  1. (intransitive) to go through; to walk through
  2. (intransitive, with some specification of a limit) to go all the way (to); to reach as far as
  3. (intransitive, equestrianism) to bolt
  4. (intransitive) to pass; to be accepted
  5. (transitive) to go through; to go over; to read or discuss
Build the meaning

durch- + gehen

durch-
through or from beginning to end
gehen
to go

You go through something from one end to the other, or go over it from start to finish.

So durchgehen means to go through; to review or go over.

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

Learning approach inspired by this explanation in r/German.

Separable verb: durch·gehen

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

Main clauseWir gehen den Plan durch.We go through the plan.
Subordinate clauseSie liest alles, weil sie den Plan durchgeht.She reads everything because she goes through the plan.
Participle: durchgegangenzu-infinitive: durchzugehen
Forms

How durchgehen changes

PronounPräsensPräteritum
ichgehe durchging durch
dugehst durchgingst durch
er/sie/esgeht durchging durch
wirgehen durchgingen durch
ihrgeht durchgingt durch
Siegehen durchgingen durch

Partizip II durchgegangen · Perfekt with sein

Three examples

  1. 1
    Ich gehe durch den Park durch.I walk through the park.present main clause
  2. 2
    Das Pferd ist plötzlich durchgegangen.The horse suddenly bolted.Perfekt with sein
  3. 3
    Du kannst durch den Tunnel durchgehen.You can go through the tunnel.verb after modal
Verb family

More verbs built on gehen

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

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