Gehen meaning and definition in german
gehen meaning and definition in german
Verb
Frequency:
class 7 strong, third-person singular simple present geht, past tense ging, past participle gegangen, past subjunctive ginge, auxiliary sein
Unlike English to go, German gehen does not mean "to travel somewhere" in general. A distinction must be made between gehen (walk), fahren (go by bike, car, train, or ship), and fliegen (go by plane). If used with a place one cannot or would not commonly walk to, gehen often implies that one intends to stay there permanently, e.g.: Ich gehe nach New York. – I'm going to live in New York.
- to go, to walk
- to walk (some distance); to go (some distance) by foot
- to leave Ich gehe jetzt.
- to leave, to take off airplane, train Wann geht dein Zug? − When is your train leaving?
- impersonal to be going; to be alright; indicates how the dative object fares Wie geht es dir? Es geht mir gut. Es geht.