gehen

Signification

(class-7,intransitive,strong) to go, to walk
(class-7,intransitive,strong) to leave
(class-7,intransitive,strong) to leave, to take off (aeroplane, train)
(class-7,impersonal,intransitive,strong) to be going; to be all right [with dative ‘for someone’ and predicate adjective ‘in a particular way’] (idiomatically translated by English be doing or similar, with the dative object as the subject)
(class-7,impersonal,intransitive,often,strong) to be possible
(class-7,colloquial,intransitive,strong) to work, to function (of a machine, method or the like)
(class-7,colloquial,intransitive,strong) to last, to go for, to go on, to be in progress
(class-7,strong) to sit, to rise, to expand (of dough etc.)
(class-7,colloquial,intransitive,strong) to be (on) (to pay)
(class-7,dated,impersonal,intransitive,regional,strong) to be approaching
(class-7,strong) to go one's way, to make one's way (of a path, destination), to go separate ways

Fréquence

Coupé comme

ge‧hen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɡeːən/

Étymologie

From Middle High German gān, gēn, from Old High German gān, gēn, from Proto-West Germanic *gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- (“to leave”). Cognate with Dutch gaan, Low German gan, gahn, English go, Swedish and Danish gå. The form gēn instead of gān is of Bavarian origin, but many dialects of Central and Low German have -e- (from earlier -ei-) or ei in the 2nd and 3rd person singular present, in keeping with the Proto-Germanic irregular conjugation. The -h- was introduced into the spelling by analogy with sehen, in which it had become mute but was retained in spelling.