Polyglot Dictionary

gehen

/ˈɡeːən/

verb A1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (3rd sg.)
geht
past
ging
perfect
ist gegangen

Meaning

  1. to go; to walk

    Takes sein in the perfect tense, not haben.

  2. to be going, to work out — of situations

    • Wie geht es dir?

      How are you?

      Literally "how does it go for you". Shortened to Wie geht's? in speech.

    • Wie geht es dir? Danke, mir geht es gut.

      How are you? Thank you, I am fine.

  3. to leave, to depart

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Intransitive

Similar words

laufen

laufen also separately means "to run"; gehen also separately means "to go" — both can mean "to walk" as well, overlapping in that sense.

Practice

1 What does gehen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wir ___ zu Fuß.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches gehen?

Synonyms

  • laufen
  • spazieren
  • funktionieren

Opposites

  • kommen
  • bleiben
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