Before you start
Meet hingehen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
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.
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
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
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
hingehen + der Arzt
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Say where he goes.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I went there with her after workdie Arbeit.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When he went to the stationder Bahnhof, I waited for him.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She is going there because her motherdie Mutter needs helpdie Hilfe.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The shopder Laden that we went to yesterday is closedgeschlossen today.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I want to go there with them tomorrowmorgen.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
He went there to buy breaddas Brot for his familydie Familie.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Did you go there yesterday, or did you stay at homezu Hause bleiben?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
hingehen + dass
Your challenge
- 1Use a dass-clause.
- 2Put the target verb at the end of that clause.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
Where do you usually go when you have free time?
Your challenge
- 1Answer with a wenn-clause.
- 2Use the target verb in the present tense.