Before you start
Meet durchgehen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
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.
Verb family
More verbs built on gehen
Same base verb, a different prefix, a new meaning.
- ausgehento go out, assume
- eingehento deal with, give attention
- weitergehento go on
- angehento concern, go on
- zurückgehento go back, decrease
- umgehento treat, handle
- hingehento go there
- zugehento approach, close
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
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | gehe durch | ging durch |
| du | gehst durch | gingst durch |
| er/sie/es | geht durch | ging durch |
| wir | gehen durch | gingen durch |
| ihr | geht durch | gingt durch |
| Sie | gehen durch | gingen durch |
Partizip II durchgegangen · Perfekt with sein
Three examples
- 1Ich gehe durch den Park durch.I walk through the park.present main clause
- 2Das Pferd ist plötzlich durchgegangen.The horse suddenly bolted.Perfekt with sein
- 3Du kannst durch den Tunnel durchgehen.You can go through the tunnel.verb after modal
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
durchgehen + der Park
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Say that you walk through der Park.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I went through the listdie Liste with her yesterday.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When he went through the doordie Tür, I was waitingwarten outsidedraußen.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She went through the billsdie Rechnung, die Rechnungen because she wanted to checkprüfen them.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The listdie Liste that we went through was very longlang.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
We have to go through the papersdas Papier, die Papiere before the meetingdas Treffen · die Besprechung (work).
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
He went through the notesdie Notiz, die Notizen to findfinden the addressdie Adresse.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Did you go through the emaildie E-Mail before you sentschicken it to her?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
durchgehen + der Zug + obwohl
Your challenge
- 1Start with an obwohl-clause.
- 2Use durchgehen in the past tense.
- 3Say that we waited at the station.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
When did you last go through something carefully?
Your challenge
- 1Answer in one sentence using durchgehen.
- 2Use the Perfekt.
- 3Say what you went through.