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},
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"(intransitive) to go"
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"to walk"
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"(intransitive) to walk"
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"to walk (some distance); to go (usually) by foot"
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"(transitive) to walk (some distance); to go (usually) by foot"
],
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"english": "I'm leaving now.",
"text": "Ik gah nu.",
"type": "example"
}
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"leave"
]
],
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"(intransitive) to leave"
],
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"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "This road goes all the way to Bassum.",
"text": "Dehierste Weg geiht richt na Bassum.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To lead (in a direction)."
],
"id": "en-gahn-nds-de-verb-sVlr-BZg",
"links": [
[
"lead",
"lead"
]
],
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"(intransitive) To lead (in a direction)."
],
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"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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{
"english": "That went well.",
"text": "Dat is goot gahn.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To proceed (well or poorly)."
],
"id": "en-gahn-nds-de-verb-Z-NK~z8P",
"links": [
[
"proceed",
"proceed"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To proceed (well or poorly)."
],
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"intransitive"
]
},
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"categories": [],
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{
"english": "How are you doing?",
"text": "Woans geiht dat di?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I’m doing well. (Literally, “It goes well for me.”)",
"text": "Mi geiht dat goot.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Dat geiht. ― It’s alright.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"to be going; to be alright; indicates how the oblique object fares"
],
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"alright",
"alright"
]
],
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"(impersonal, intransitive) to be going; to be alright; indicates how the oblique object fares"
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]
},
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"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "It will not work anyway.",
"text": "Dat geiht doch nich warken.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Note: schölen and wüllen are used more often for the future tense, instead of gahn."
}
],
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"Used to form the future tense of a verb, together with an infinitive."
],
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[
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],
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"(auxiliary) Used to form the future tense of a verb, together with an infinitive."
],
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]
},
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"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The sun is starting to shine again.",
"text": "De Sünn geiht wedder schienen.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I'm going to sleep.",
"text": "Ik gah slapen.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "It's going to start raining soon.",
"text": "Dat geiht so regen.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To start to, begin to, to be going to"
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"(auxiliary) To start to, begin to, to be going to"
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{
"english": "That might be possible.",
"text": "Dat mag villicht gahn.",
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}
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"to be possible"
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"(colloquial, intransitive) to be possible"
],
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"colloquial",
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"categories": [],
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{
"english": "The coffee dispenser doesn't work.",
"text": "De Koffeeautomaat geiht nich.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"to work, to function (the verb warken is also used in that context)"
],
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"(colloquial, intransitive) to work, to function (the verb warken is also used in that context)"
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"categories": [],
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{
"english": "The session is scheduled until one o'clock.",
"text": "De Sitten geiht bet Klock een.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"to be in progress; to last"
],
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[
"last",
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]
],
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"(colloquial, intransitive) to be in progress; to last"
],
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{
"english": "It’s going on 8 o’clock.",
"text": "Dat geiht op Klock 8.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"to approach; to be going (on some one)"
],
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[
"op",
"op"
],
[
"approach",
"approach"
]
],
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"(impersonal, intransitive, with “op” followed by a time) to approach; to be going (on some one)"
],
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"with “op” followed by a time"
],
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"impersonal",
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]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ɡɔːn/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡɒːn/"
}
],
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}
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],
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{
"form": "gahn",
"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"second-person",
"singular"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"second-person",
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"form": "geih",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular",
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},
{
"form": "geiht",
"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
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"form": "güng",
"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"preterite",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "gaht",
"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"plural",
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]
},
{
"form": "gahen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "güngen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"plural",
"preterite"
]
},
{
"form": "gah",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"plural",
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]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "gahn",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "egahn",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "gangen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "gegahn",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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"10": "wesen",
"2": "verb",
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"4": "güng",
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"6": "gahn",
"7": "or",
"8": "gangen",
"9": "auxiliary verb"
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{
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"11": "gahn",
"12": "(e)gahn, gangen, gegahn, gangen",
"2": "geihs(t)",
"3": "geih(t)",
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"5": "güng",
"6": "güngs(t)",
"7": "güng",
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"lang_code": "nds-de",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"German Low German intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to go"
],
"links": [
[
"go",
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]
],
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"(intransitive) to go"
],
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]
},
{
"categories": [
"German Low German intransitive verbs"
],
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"to walk"
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],
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"(intransitive) to walk"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German Low German transitive verbs"
],
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"to walk (some distance); to go (usually) by foot"
],
"links": [
[
"walk",
"walk"
]
],
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"(transitive) to walk (some distance); to go (usually) by foot"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German Low German intransitive verbs",
"German Low German terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"english": "I'm leaving now.",
"text": "Ik gah nu.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to leave"
],
"links": [
[
"leave",
"leave"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) to leave"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German Low German intransitive verbs",
"German Low German terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "This road goes all the way to Bassum.",
"text": "Dehierste Weg geiht richt na Bassum.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To lead (in a direction)."
],
"links": [
[
"lead",
"lead"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To lead (in a direction)."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German Low German intransitive verbs",
"German Low German terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "That went well.",
"text": "Dat is goot gahn.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To proceed (well or poorly)."
],
"links": [
[
"proceed",
"proceed"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To proceed (well or poorly)."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German Low German impersonal verbs",
"German Low German intransitive verbs",
"German Low German terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "How are you doing?",
"text": "Woans geiht dat di?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I’m doing well. (Literally, “It goes well for me.”)",
"text": "Mi geiht dat goot.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Dat geiht. ― It’s alright.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be going; to be alright; indicates how the oblique object fares"
],
"links": [
[
"alright",
"alright"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(impersonal, intransitive) to be going; to be alright; indicates how the oblique object fares"
],
"tags": [
"impersonal",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German Low German auxiliary verbs",
"German Low German terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "It will not work anyway.",
"text": "Dat geiht doch nich warken.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Note: schölen and wüllen are used more often for the future tense, instead of gahn."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to form the future tense of a verb, together with an infinitive."
],
"links": [
[
"future tense",
"future tense"
],
[
"infinitive",
"infinitive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(auxiliary) Used to form the future tense of a verb, together with an infinitive."
],
"tags": [
"auxiliary"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German Low German auxiliary verbs",
"German Low German terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The sun is starting to shine again.",
"text": "De Sünn geiht wedder schienen.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I'm going to sleep.",
"text": "Ik gah slapen.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "It's going to start raining soon.",
"text": "Dat geiht so regen.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To start to, begin to, to be going to"
],
"links": [
[
"start",
"start"
],
[
"begin",
"begin"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(auxiliary) To start to, begin to, to be going to"
],
"tags": [
"auxiliary"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German Low German colloquialisms",
"German Low German intransitive verbs",
"German Low German terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "That might be possible.",
"text": "Dat mag villicht gahn.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be possible"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, intransitive) to be possible"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German Low German colloquialisms",
"German Low German intransitive verbs",
"German Low German terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The coffee dispenser doesn't work.",
"text": "De Koffeeautomaat geiht nich.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to work, to function (the verb warken is also used in that context)"
],
"links": [
[
"warken",
"warken"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, intransitive) to work, to function (the verb warken is also used in that context)"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German Low German colloquialisms",
"German Low German intransitive verbs",
"German Low German terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The session is scheduled until one o'clock.",
"text": "De Sitten geiht bet Klock een.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be in progress; to last"
],
"links": [
[
"last",
"last"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, intransitive) to be in progress; to last"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German Low German impersonal verbs",
"German Low German intransitive verbs",
"German Low German terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "It’s going on 8 o’clock.",
"text": "Dat geiht op Klock 8.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to approach; to be going (on some one)"
],
"links": [
[
"op",
"op"
],
[
"approach",
"approach"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(impersonal, intransitive, with “op” followed by a time) to approach; to be going (on some one)"
],
"raw_tags": [
"with “op” followed by a time"
],
"tags": [
"impersonal",
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɡɔːn/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡɒːn/"
}
],
"word": "gahn"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German Low German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (bb24e0f and c7ea76d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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