Before you start
Meet gehen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
All 12 meanings
- (intransitive) to go, to walk
- (intransitive) to leave
- (intransitive, colloquial) to leave, to take off (aeroplane, train)
- (impersonal, intransitive) to be going; to be all right [with dative ‘for someone’ and predicate adjective ‘in a particular way’] (idiomatically translated by English be doing or similar, with the dative object as the subject)
- (slightly informal, intransitive, often impersonal) to be possible
- (colloquial, intransitive) to work, to function (of a machine, method or the like)
Forms
How gehen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | gehe | ging |
| du | gehst | gingst |
| er/sie/es | geht | ging |
| wir | gehen | gingen |
| ihr | geht | gingt |
| Sie | gehen | gingen |
Partizip II gegangen · Perfekt with sein
Three examples
- 1Ich gehe heute zu Fuß zur Arbeit.I’m walking to work today.present-tense main clause
- 2Wir sind gestern ins Kino gegangen.We went to the cinema yesterday.Perfekt with sein
- 3Weil es spät ist, gehe ich jetzt nach Hause.Because it’s late, I’m going home now.verb after weil
Verb family
Separable verbs built on gehen
Add a prefix to gehen and the meaning changes.
- 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
- aufgehento rise, open
- vorübergehento pass by
- vorgehento go on ahead, be fast, have priority
- hinausgehento go out, exceed
- losgehento come off, go off, start
- weggehento leave, go away
- nachgehento follow, pursue, be slow
- untergehento go down
- vorangehento go ahead, make progress
- hervorgehento come from, follow
- durchgehento go through
- vorbeigehento go past, pass