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Gaan: Dutch verb forms

gaan ging gegaan

to go, to move from one place to another

[xaːn]

Conjugation

PersonPresentPastPerfect
ikgagingben gegaan
jij, ugaatgingbent gegaan
hij, zij, hetgaatgingis gegaan
wij, jullie, zijgaangingenzijn gegaan
  • Past participle: gegaan, with zijn.

Meaning in English

  1. to go, to move from one place to another
  2. to leave or depart, to move away
  3. to lead (in a direction)
  4. to proceed (well or poorly)
  5. Forms the future tense of a verb, similarly to English going to future tense
  6. to start to, begin to, to be going to

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