gahn

German Low German

/ɡɔːn/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to go
  • (intransitive) to walk
  • (transitive) to walk (some distance); to go (usually) by foot
  • (intransitive) to leave
  • (intransitive) To lead (in a direction).
  • (intransitive) To proceed (well or poorly).
  • (impersonal) to be going; to be alright;
  • (auxiliary) Used to form the future tense of a verb, together with an infinitive.
  • (auxiliary) To start to, begin to, to be going to
  • (colloquial) to be possible
  • (colloquial) to work, to function (the verb warken is also used in that context)
  • (colloquial) to be in progress; to last
  • (impersonal) to approach; to be going (on some one)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Saxon 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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