drangehen

/ˈdʁanˌɡeːən/

verb B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.
separable

Forms

present
geht dran
past
ging dran
perfect
ist drangegangen

Meaning

  1. to get down to it; to answer (the phone)

    Built from dran (on it) + gehen (to go).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: transitive.

Made of

  • dran on it
  • gehen to go

Practice

1 What does drangehen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich gehe jetzt an die Arbeit ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches drangehen?

verbseparable-verbcompound

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