gaan

1. (intransitive) to go, to move from one place to another
2. (intransitive) to leave or depart, to move away
3. (intransitive) to lead (in a direction)
4. (intransitive) to proceed (well or poorly)
5. (auxiliary) Forms the future tense of a verb, similarly to English going to future tense
6. (auxiliary) to start to, begin to, to be going to
7. (copulative, informal) to experience, to take, to feel some way about something

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɣaːn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: gâen

Inherited from Old Dutch: gān

In summary

From Middle Dutch gâen, from Old Dutch gān, from a fusion of Proto-West Germanic *gān and *gangan, from Proto-Germanic *gāną and *ganganą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁-, *ǵʰengʰ-.

Concepts

go

travel

walk

🚶

step

move

drive

sound

🔉

ride

come

shall

wend

will

bed

🛏️

fare

let’s go

ring

💍

proceed

resound

ring the bell

run

sashay

set out

strike

strut

toll

turn

walk up

work

come close

walking

🚶

advance

to speak up for

advocate

approach

bend

clang

come up

do

enter

give a ring

guide

lead

leave

locomote

pacing

pass

peal

Synonyms

lopen

rijden

komen

varen

verlopen

van stapel lopen

zich begeven

karren

reizen

stappen

trekken

slenteren

slapen

😴

spankeren

kleppen

klinken

🔉

overgaan

beginnen

het maken

voorbijgaan

wandelen

gesteld zijn

plaats vinden

slaan

er door gaan

sterven

💀

tippelen

🚶

treden

verdieping

vergaan

verlaten

verscheiden

vertrekken

voeren

zullen

beieren

🔉

zich vertreden

rondreizen

afbuigen

aflopen

afreizen

bejagen

bellen

💍

bereizen

buigen

draaien

etage

galmen

heengaan

jagen

Translations

gehen

aller

ir

iść

andar

🚶

fahren

ir

andare

πηγαίνω

caminhar

🚶

wandern

marcher

🚶

camminare

🚶

viajar

dolaşmak

Sentences

Dus wat gaan we nu doen ?

So what are we going to do next?

Sta me toe er even verder op in te gaan .

Let me just comment on a few of them.

Op dit gebied gaan de zaken dus de goede kant op .

So things are moving in the right direction here.

Ik heb haar moeten overtuigen , maar we gaan vanavond uit eten .

I had to convince her, but we're going out to dinner tonight.

Gelijkheid en economische ontwikkeling gaan hand in hand .

Gender equality and economic development go hand in hand.

Dat boek is veel te duur , bovendien heb ik geen tijd om naar de boekenhandel te gaan .

That book is far too expensive, and I don't have time to go to the bookstore.