gingen

Meaning

(form-of,indicative,past,plural) inflection of gaan:
(dated,form-of,formal,past,plural,subjunctive) inflection of gaan:

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɣɪŋə(n)/

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gaan

(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

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Sentences

De vakantie was voorbij , de kinderen gingen weer
🔁

naar school
🏫

.

The holiday was over, the children went back to school.

De lichtjes gingen automatisch aan
🔛

toen het donker werd .

The lights turned on automatically when it got dark.

Katja schreeuwde dat ze gingen verliezen .

Katja screamed that they were going to lose.

Jan en Mieke gingen samen bergen beklimmen in de buurt van Lyon.

Jan and Mieke went climbing mountains together near Lyon.

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