Before you start
Meet hingehen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
All 2 meanings
- (intransitive) to go (elsewhere, to somewhere)
- (intransitive) (of time) to pass
Build the meaning
hin- + gehen
- hin-
- away from the speaker toward a destination
- gehen
- to go
Go from here toward that place.
So hingehen means to go there; to 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: hin·gehen
In a main clause the prefix hin splits off and goes to the end. After weil, dass and other subordinating words, the verb stays in one piece at the end.
Main clausePeter geht allein hin.Peter is going there alone.
Subordinate clauseIch komme mit, weil du hingehst.I’ll come along because you’re going there.
Participle: hingegangenzu-infinitive: hinzugehen
Forms
How hingehen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | gehe hin | ging hin |
| du | gehst hin | gingst hin |
| er/sie/es | geht hin | ging hin |
| wir | gehen hin | gingen hin |
| ihr | geht hin | gingt hin |
| Sie | gehen hin | gingen hin |
Partizip II hingegangen · Perfekt with sein
Three examples
- 1Ich gehe jetzt hin.I’m going there now.present tense, split prefix
- 2Sie ist gestern zum Arzt hingegangen.She went to the doctor yesterday.Perfekt with sein
- 3Ich bleibe hier, wenn du auch hingehst.I’ll stay here if you go there too.verb at the end after wenn
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
- zugehento approach, close
- aufgehento rise, open