"gahn" meaning in Low German

See gahn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɡaːn/, /ɡɒːn/
Etymology: From Middle Low German gân. Cognate with Dutch gaan, German gehen, West Frisian gean, Saterland Frisian gunge, English go, Danish gå. Etymology templates: {{root|nds|ine-pro|*ǵʰeh₁-|*ǵʰengʰ-}}, {{dercat|nds|osx|gmw-pro|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=3}}, {{inh|nds|gml|gân}} Middle Low German gân, {{cog|nl|gaan}} Dutch gaan, {{cog|de|gehen}} German gehen, {{cog|fy|gean}} West Frisian gean, {{cog|stq|gunge}} Saterland Frisian gunge, {{cog|en|go}} English go, {{cog|da|gå}} Danish gå Head templates: {{head|nds|verb|past singular|güng|past participle|gahn|or|gangen|auxiliary verb|wesen}} gahn (past singular güng, past participle gahn or gangen, auxiliary verb wesen), {{tlb|nds|German Low German}} (German Low German) Forms: güng [past, singular], gahn [participle, past], gangen [participle, past], wesen [auxiliary], irregular [table-tags], gahn [infinitive], gah [first-person, present, singular], güng [first-person, preterite, singular], geihs [present, second-person, singular], geihst [present, second-person, singular], güngs [preterite, second-person, singular], güngst [preterite, second-person, singular], geih [present, singular, third-person], geiht [present, singular, third-person], güng [preterite, singular, third-person], gaht [plural, present], gahen [plural, present], güngen [plural, preterite], gah [imperative, singular], gaht [imperative, plural], gahn [participle, present], (e)gahn [participle, past], (e)gahn [participle, past], gaon [alternative], gåån [alternative]
  1. (intransitive) to go Tags: German-Low-German, intransitive
    Sense id: en-gahn-nds-verb-gNM9bcDR
  2. (intransitive) to walk Tags: German-Low-German, intransitive
    Sense id: en-gahn-nds-verb-icLBTR14
  3. (transitive) to walk (some distance); to go (usually) by foot Tags: German-Low-German, transitive
    Sense id: en-gahn-nds-verb-Z58R4QCD Categories (other): Low German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Low German entries with incorrect language header: 8 1 15 1 2 2 8 18 3 5 11 21 4
  4. (intransitive) to leave Tags: German-Low-German, intransitive
    Sense id: en-gahn-nds-verb-dDKDyhdh
  5. (intransitive) To lead (in a direction). Tags: German-Low-German, intransitive
    Sense id: en-gahn-nds-verb-sVlr-BZg
  6. (intransitive) To proceed (well or poorly). Tags: German-Low-German, intransitive
    Sense id: en-gahn-nds-verb-Z-NK~z8P
  7. (impersonal, intransitive) to be going; to be alright; indicates how the oblique object fares Tags: German-Low-German, impersonal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-gahn-nds-verb-HRjvyui6
  8. (auxiliary) Used to form the future tense of a verb, together with an infinitive. Tags: German-Low-German, auxiliary
    Sense id: en-gahn-nds-verb-V8rPqMTs Categories (other): Low German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Low German entries with incorrect language header: 8 1 15 1 2 2 8 18 3 5 11 21 4
  9. (auxiliary) To start to, begin to, to be going to Tags: German-Low-German, auxiliary
    Sense id: en-gahn-nds-verb-47Q6nBPv
  10. (colloquial, intransitive) to be possible Tags: German-Low-German, colloquial, intransitive
    Sense id: en-gahn-nds-verb-9p4~xpIU
  11. (colloquial, intransitive) to work, to function (the verb warken is also used in that context) Tags: German-Low-German, colloquial, intransitive
    Sense id: en-gahn-nds-verb-BgGNIDyA Categories (other): Low German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Low German entries with incorrect language header: 8 1 15 1 2 2 8 18 3 5 11 21 4
  12. (colloquial, intransitive) to be in progress; to last Tags: German-Low-German, colloquial, intransitive
    Sense id: en-gahn-nds-verb-HRMVManh Categories (other): Low German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Low German entries with incorrect language header: 8 1 15 1 2 2 8 18 3 5 11 21 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 2 18 2 2 2 7 16 2 2 14 32 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 18 1 2 1 7 16 2 2 14 33 2
  13. (impersonal, intransitive, with “op” followed by a time) to approach; to be going (on some one) Tags: German-Low-German, impersonal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-gahn-nds-verb-z8QSWptR

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "gân",
      "gan#Middle_Low_German"
    ],
    [
      "gaan",
      "gaan#Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "gehen",
      "gehen#German"
    ],
    [
      "gean",
      "gean#West_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "gunge",
      "gunge#Saterland_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "go",
      "go#English"
    ],
    [
      "gå",
      "gå#Danish"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵʰeh₁-",
        "4": "*ǵʰengʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "gmw-pro",
        "4": "gem-pro",
        "5": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "3"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "gân"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German gân",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gaan"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch gaan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gehen"
      },
      "expansion": "German gehen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "gean"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian gean",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "gunge"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian gunge",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "go"
      },
      "expansion": "English go",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gå"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish gå",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Low German gân.\nCognate with Dutch gaan, German gehen, West Frisian gean, Saterland Frisian gunge, English go, Danish gå.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "güng",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gahn",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gangen",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wesen",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pagename",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gahn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gah",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "güng",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geihs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geihst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "güngs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "güngst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geih",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geiht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "güng",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gahen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "güngen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gah",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gahn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(e)gahn",
      "roman": "gangen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(e)gahn",
      "roman": "gegahn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gåån",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "10": "wesen",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "past singular",
        "4": "güng",
        "5": "past participle",
        "6": "gahn",
        "7": "or",
        "8": "gangen",
        "9": "auxiliary verb"
      },
      "expansion": "gahn (past singular güng, past participle gahn or gangen, auxiliary verb wesen)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "German Low German"
      },
      "expansion": "(German Low German)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Low German",
  "lang_code": "nds",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to go"
      ],
      "id": "en-gahn-nds-verb-gNM9bcDR",
      "links": [
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to go"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to walk"
      ],
      "id": "en-gahn-nds-verb-icLBTR14",
      "links": [
        [
          "walk",
          "walk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to walk"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 1 15 1 2 2 8 18 3 5 11 21 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Low German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to walk (some distance); to go (usually) by foot"
      ],
      "id": "en-gahn-nds-verb-Z58R4QCD",
      "links": [
        [
          "walk",
          "walk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to walk (some distance); to go (usually) by foot"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I'm leaving now.",
          "text": "Ik gah nu.",
          "translation": "I'm leaving now.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to leave"
      ],
      "id": "en-gahn-nds-verb-dDKDyhdh",
      "links": [
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to leave"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This road goes all the way to Bassum.",
          "text": "Dehierste Weg geiht richt na Bassum.",
          "translation": "This road goes all the way to Bassum.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lead (in a direction)."
      ],
      "id": "en-gahn-nds-verb-sVlr-BZg",
      "links": [
        [
          "lead",
          "lead"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To lead (in a direction)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "That went well.",
          "text": "Dat is goot gahn.",
          "translation": "That went well.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To proceed (well or poorly)."
      ],
      "id": "en-gahn-nds-verb-Z-NK~z8P",
      "links": [
        [
          "proceed",
          "proceed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To proceed (well or poorly)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "How are you doing?",
          "text": "Woans geiht dat di?",
          "translation": "How are you doing?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I’m doing well. (Literally, “It goes well for me.”)",
          "text": "Mi geiht dat goot.",
          "translation": "I’m doing well. (Literally, “It goes well for me.”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "It’s alright.",
          "text": "Dat geiht.",
          "translation": "It’s alright.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be going; to be alright; indicates how the oblique object fares"
      ],
      "id": "en-gahn-nds-verb-HRjvyui6",
      "links": [
        [
          "alright",
          "alright"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(impersonal, intransitive) to be going; to be alright; indicates how the oblique object fares"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "impersonal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 1 15 1 2 2 8 18 3 5 11 21 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Low German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It will not work anyway.",
          "text": "Dat geiht doch nich warken.",
          "translation": "It will not work anyway.",
          "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-gahn-nds-verb-V8rPqMTs",
      "links": [
        [
          "future tense",
          "future tense"
        ],
        [
          "infinitive",
          "infinitive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary) Used to form the future tense of a verb, together with an infinitive."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The sun is starting to shine again.",
          "text": "De Sünn geiht wedder schienen.",
          "translation": "The sun is starting to shine again.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I'm going to sleep.",
          "text": "Ik gah slapen.",
          "translation": "I'm going to sleep.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It's going to start raining soon.",
          "text": "Dat geiht so regen.",
          "translation": "It's going to start raining soon.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To start to, begin to, to be going to"
      ],
      "id": "en-gahn-nds-verb-47Q6nBPv",
      "links": [
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ],
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary) To start to, begin to, to be going to"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "english": "That might be possible.",
          "text": "Dat mag villicht gahn.",
          "translation": "That might be possible.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be possible"
      ],
      "id": "en-gahn-nds-verb-9p4~xpIU",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, intransitive) to be possible"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "colloquial",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 1 15 1 2 2 8 18 3 5 11 21 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Low German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The coffee dispenser doesn't work.",
          "text": "De Koffeeautomaat geiht nich.",
          "translation": "The coffee dispenser doesn't work.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to work, to function (the verb warken is also used in that context)"
      ],
      "id": "en-gahn-nds-verb-BgGNIDyA",
      "links": [
        [
          "warken",
          "warken"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, intransitive) to work, to function (the verb warken is also used in that context)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "colloquial",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 1 15 1 2 2 8 18 3 5 11 21 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Low German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 18 2 2 2 7 16 2 2 14 32 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 18 1 2 1 7 16 2 2 14 33 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The session is scheduled until one o'clock.",
          "text": "De Sitten geiht bet Klock een.",
          "translation": "The session is scheduled until one o'clock.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be in progress; to last"
      ],
      "id": "en-gahn-nds-verb-HRMVManh",
      "links": [
        [
          "last",
          "last"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, intransitive) to be in progress; to last"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "colloquial",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "It’s going on 8 o’clock.",
          "text": "Dat geiht op Klock 8.",
          "translation": "It’s going on 8 o’clock.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to approach; to be going (on some one)"
      ],
      "id": "en-gahn-nds-verb-z8QSWptR",
      "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": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "impersonal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡaːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɒːn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gahn"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Low German class 2 strong verbs",
    "Low German entries with incorrect language header",
    "Low German lemmas",
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    "Low German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Low German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Low German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰeh₁-",
    "Low German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰengʰ-",
    "Low German terms inherited from Middle Low German",
    "Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon",
    "Low German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Low German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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      "gân",
      "gan#Middle_Low_German"
    ],
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      "gaan",
      "gaan#Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "gehen",
      "gehen#German"
    ],
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      "gean",
      "gean#West_Frisian"
    ],
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      "gunge",
      "gunge#Saterland_Frisian"
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      "go",
      "go#English"
    ],
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      "gå",
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    ]
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      "name": "inh"
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      "expansion": "German gehen",
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        "1": "fy",
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        "auxiliary"
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      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "pagename",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "gahn",
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      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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      "form": "gah",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "güng",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geihs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geihst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "güngs",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "güngst",
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        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "geih",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "geiht",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "güng",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "gaht",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gahen",
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "güngen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "preterite"
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    {
      "form": "gah",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gaht",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "gahn",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "(e)gahn",
      "roman": "gangen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(e)gahn",
      "roman": "gegahn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gåån",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "nds",
        "10": "wesen",
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        "3": "past singular",
        "4": "güng",
        "5": "past participle",
        "6": "gahn",
        "7": "or",
        "8": "gangen",
        "9": "auxiliary verb"
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      "expansion": "gahn (past singular güng, past participle gahn or gangen, auxiliary verb wesen)",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "German Low German"
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      "expansion": "(German Low German)",
      "name": "tlb"
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      "categories": [
        "Low German intransitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "to go"
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          "go",
          "go"
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        "(intransitive) to go"
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        "German-Low-German",
        "intransitive"
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      "categories": [
        "Low German intransitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "to walk"
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          "walk"
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        "(intransitive) to walk"
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        "German-Low-German",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Low German transitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "to walk (some distance); to go (usually) by foot"
      ],
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        [
          "walk",
          "walk"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to walk (some distance); to go (usually) by foot"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Low German intransitive verbs",
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              6
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          ],
          "english": "I'm leaving now.",
          "text": "Ik gah nu.",
          "translation": "I'm leaving now.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to leave"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to leave"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Low German intransitive verbs",
        "Low German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This road goes all the way to Bassum.",
          "text": "Dehierste Weg geiht richt na Bassum.",
          "translation": "This road goes all the way to Bassum.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lead (in a direction)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lead",
          "lead"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To lead (in a direction)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Low German intransitive verbs",
        "Low German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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              12,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "That went well.",
          "text": "Dat is goot gahn.",
          "translation": "That went well.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To proceed (well or poorly)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "proceed",
          "proceed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To proceed (well or poorly)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Low German impersonal verbs",
        "Low German intransitive verbs",
        "Low German terms with usage examples"
      ],
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              6,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "How are you doing?",
          "text": "Woans geiht dat di?",
          "translation": "How are you doing?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I’m doing well. (Literally, “It goes well for me.”)",
          "text": "Mi geiht dat goot.",
          "translation": "I’m doing well. (Literally, “It goes well for me.”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "It’s alright.",
          "text": "Dat geiht.",
          "translation": "It’s alright.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be going; to be alright; indicates how the oblique object fares"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "alright",
          "alright"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(impersonal, intransitive) to be going; to be alright; indicates how the oblique object fares"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "impersonal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Low German auxiliary verbs",
        "Low German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It will not work anyway.",
          "text": "Dat geiht doch nich warken.",
          "translation": "It will not work anyway.",
          "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."
      ],
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        [
          "future tense",
          "future tense"
        ],
        [
          "infinitive",
          "infinitive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary) Used to form the future tense of a verb, together with an infinitive."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Low German auxiliary verbs",
        "Low German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The sun is starting to shine again.",
          "text": "De Sünn geiht wedder schienen.",
          "translation": "The sun is starting to shine again.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I'm going to sleep.",
          "text": "Ik gah slapen.",
          "translation": "I'm going to sleep.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It's going to start raining soon.",
          "text": "Dat geiht so regen.",
          "translation": "It's going to start raining soon.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To start to, begin to, to be going to"
      ],
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        [
          "start",
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        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
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        "(auxiliary) To start to, begin to, to be going to"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "Low German colloquialisms",
        "Low German intransitive verbs",
        "Low German terms with usage examples"
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            [
              17,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "english": "That might be possible.",
          "text": "Dat mag villicht gahn.",
          "translation": "That might be possible.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be possible"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, intransitive) to be possible"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "colloquial",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Low German colloquialisms",
        "Low German intransitive verbs",
        "Low German terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The coffee dispenser doesn't work.",
          "text": "De Koffeeautomaat geiht nich.",
          "translation": "The coffee dispenser doesn't work.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to work, to function (the verb warken is also used in that context)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "warken",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, intransitive) to work, to function (the verb warken is also used in that context)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "colloquial",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Low German colloquialisms",
        "Low German intransitive verbs",
        "Low German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              10,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The session is scheduled until one o'clock.",
          "text": "De Sitten geiht bet Klock een.",
          "translation": "The session is scheduled until one o'clock.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be in progress; to last"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "last",
          "last"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, intransitive) to be in progress; to last"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "colloquial",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Low German impersonal verbs",
        "Low German intransitive verbs",
        "Low German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              4,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "It’s going on 8 o’clock.",
          "text": "Dat geiht op Klock 8.",
          "translation": "It’s going on 8 o’clock.",
          "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": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "impersonal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡaːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɒːn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gahn"
}

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