gaan
Meaning
- (intransitive) to go, to move from one place to another
- (intransitive) to leave or depart, to move away
- (intransitive) to lead (in a direction)
- (intransitive) to proceed (well or poorly)
- (auxiliary) Forms the future tense of a verb, similarly to English going to future tense
- (auxiliary) to start to, begin to, to be going to
Concepts
wend
let’s go
ring the bell
walk up
come close
to speak up for
give a ring
Synonyms
van stapel lopen
zich begeven
spankeren
het maken
gesteld zijn
plaats vinden
er door gaan
zich vertreden
afreizen
bereizen
naar bed gaan
op trektocht gaan
schalmen
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɣaːn/
Etymology
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-.
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