Before you start
Meet gehen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
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
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
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
gehen + die Schule
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Say that you are going to die Schule.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I went to her after workdie Arbeit.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When it startedanfangen rainingregnen, we went into the housedas Haus.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I am going homenach Hause because I am tiredmüde.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The cafédas Café that we went to yesterdaygestern is closedgeschlossen.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She wants to go to the doctorder Arzt with him.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I went shoppingeinkaufen to buy some fooddas Essen.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Where would you go if you had a freefrei dayder Tag?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
gehen + obwohl + der Regen
Your challenge
- 1Start with an obwohl-clause.
- 2Say that the rain is heavy.
- 3Use the present tense in the main clause.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
Where would you like to go on your next holiday?
Your challenge
- 1Answer in one sentence.
- 2Say where you would like to go.