gaan

Dutch (Brabantic)

/ɣaːn/

verb
Definitions
  • (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

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch gâen inherited from Old Dutch gān inherited from Proto-Germanic *gāną (go) derived 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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