Before you start
Meet hinausgehen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Build the meaning
hinaus- + gehen
- hinaus-
- outward from an enclosed place or starting point
- gehen
- to go
Go from inside to the outside, or continue outward beyond a limit.
So hinausgehen means to go outside; to go out; to go beyond.
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: hinaus·gehen
In a main clause the prefix hinaus splits off and goes to the end. After weil, dass and other subordinating words, the verb stays in one piece at the end.
Main clauseDie Kinder gehen nach dem Essen hinaus.The children go outside after eating.
Subordinate clauseIch bleibe hier, weil die Katze nicht hinausgeht.I’m staying here because the cat isn’t going outside.
Participle: hinausgegangenzu-infinitive: hinauszugehen
Forms
How hinausgehen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | gehe hinaus | ging hinaus |
| du | gehst hinaus | gingst hinaus |
| er/sie/es | geht hinaus | ging hinaus |
| wir | gehen hinaus | gingen hinaus |
| ihr | geht hinaus | gingt hinaus |
| Sie | gehen hinaus | gingen hinaus |
Partizip II hinausgegangen · Perfekt with sein
Three examples
- 1Ich gehe jetzt hinaus.I’m going outside now.prefix goes to the end
- 2Er ist gestern allein hinausgegangen.He went outside alone yesterday.Perfekt with sein
- 3Der Preis darf nicht über hundert Euro hinausgehen.The price must not exceed one hundred euros.modal verb, meaning exceed
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
hinausgehen + der Hund
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Make der Hund the subject.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
After dinnerdas Abendessen, she went outside with them.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When I was a childdas Kind, I often went outside, but my sisterdie Schwester stayed homezu Hause bleiben.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
He went outside because the weatherdas Wetter was warmwarm.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The boyder Junge who went outside is my neighborder Nachbar.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
We can go outside after workdie Arbeit.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She is happy to go outside.
Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Would you go outside if the rainder Regen stopped?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
hinausgehen + obwohl + der Regen
Your challenge
- 1Start with an obwohl-clause.
- 2Use der Regen as its subject.
- 3Put the main verb before its subject.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
When do you like to go outside?
Your challenge
- 1Answer in one German sentence.
- 2Use hinausgehen in the present tense.