gehen

Etymology
From, , from , , from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, Swedish and Danish.

The form gēn instead of gān is of Bavarian origin, but many dialects of Central and Low German have -e- (from earlier -ei-) or ei in the 2nd and 3rd person singular present, in keeping with the Proto-Germanic irregular conjugation. The -h- was introduced into the spelling by analogy with, in which it had become mute but was retained in spelling.

Verb

 * 1)  to go, to walk
 * 2)  to leave
 * 3)  to leave, to take off aeroplane, train
 * 4)  to be going; to be all right
 * 5)  to be possible
 * 6)  to work, to function of a machine, method or the like
 * 7)  to last, to go for, to go on, to be in progress
 * 8) to sit, to rise, to expand of dough etc.
 * 9)  to be (on)
 * 10)  to be approaching
 * 11) to go one's way, to make one's way (of a path, destination), to go separate ways
 * 1)  to be possible
 * 2)  to work, to function of a machine, method or the like
 * 3)  to last, to go for, to go on, to be in progress
 * 4) to sit, to rise, to expand of dough etc.
 * 5)  to be (on)
 * 6)  to be approaching
 * 7) to go one's way, to make one's way (of a path, destination), to go separate ways
 * 1)  to last, to go for, to go on, to be in progress
 * 2) to sit, to rise, to expand of dough etc.
 * 3)  to be (on)
 * 4)  to be approaching
 * 5) to go one's way, to make one's way (of a path, destination), to go separate ways
 * 1)  to be (on)
 * 2)  to be approaching
 * 3) to go one's way, to make one's way (of a path, destination), to go separate ways
 * 1)  to be approaching
 * 2) to go one's way, to make one's way (of a path, destination), to go separate ways
 * 1) to go one's way, to make one's way (of a path, destination), to go separate ways
 * 1) to go one's way, to make one's way (of a path, destination), to go separate ways

Usage notes
Unlike English to go, German gehen does not mean "to travel somewhere" in general. A distinction must be made between gehen (walk), (go by bike, car, train, or ship), and  (go by plane). If used with a place one cannot or would not commonly walk to, gehen often implies that one intends to stay there permanently, e.g.: Ich gehe nach New York. – I'm going to live in New York.

Conjugation
Note: The 2nd person plural imperative can also be, now in archaic or poetic style.