Before you start
Meet vorangehen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Build the meaning
vor- + gehen
- vor-
- ahead or in front
- gehen
- to go
Go ahead of others, or move forward from where you are.
So vorangehen means to go ahead or precede; to make progress.
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: voran·gehen
In a main clause the prefix voran splits off and goes to the end. After weil, dass and other subordinating words, the verb stays in one piece at the end.
Main clauseDer Lehrer geht heute voran.The teacher is leading the way today.
Subordinate clauseIch warte, weil der Lehrer vorangeht.I am waiting because the teacher is going ahead.
Participle: vorangegangenzu-infinitive: voranzugehen
Forms
How vorangehen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | gehe voran | ging voran |
| du | gehst voran | gingst voran |
| er/sie/es | geht voran | ging voran |
| wir | gehen voran | gingen voran |
| ihr | geht voran | gingt voran |
| Sie | gehen voran | gingen voran |
Partizip II vorangegangen · Perfekt with sein
Three examples
- 1Bei der Arbeit geht sie langsam voran.She is making slow progress at work.making progress
- 2Die Arbeit ist gut vorangegangen.The work has gone well.Perfekt with sein
- 3Ich hoffe, dass du jetzt vorangehst.I hope you take the lead now.verb at the end after dass
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
vorangehen + die Arbeit
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Say that the work is making progress.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
He went ahead of me.
Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When the meetingdas Treffen began, the workdie Arbeit quicklyschnell made progressFortschritte machen.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
We are gladfroh because our work is finallyendlich making progressFortschritte machen.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I know a mander Mann who alwaysimmer goes ahead of the othersdie anderen.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The workdie Arbeit must go ahead tomorrowmorgen.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
It is importantwichtig to make progressFortschritte machen togethergemeinsam.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
How is your German courseder Deutschkurs going?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
vorangehen + obwohl
Your challenge
- 1Start with an obwohl-clause.
- 2Put the verb at the end of that clause.
- 3Say that the work is making progress.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
How is a project or piece of work going for you?
Your challenge
- 1Answer in one German sentence using vorangehen.
- 2Say how a project or piece of work is progressing.