gehen

German (Berlin)

/ˈɡeːən/, /ɡeːn/

verb-strong
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to go, to walk
  • (intransitive) to leave
  • (intransitive) to leave, to take off areoplane, train
  • (impersonal) to be going; to be alright;
  • (slightly) to be possible
  • (colloquial) to work, to function of a machine, method or the like
  • (colloquial) to last, to go for, to go on, to be in progress
  • (colloquial) to be (on) to pay
  • (regional) to approach; to be going (on some one)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German gān inherited from Old High German gān inherited from *gān inherited from Proto-Germanic *gāną (go) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- (leave, leave behind, abandon), *ǵʰeh₁- (leave, leave behind, abandon).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵʰeh₁-

Gloss

leave, leave behind, abandon

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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