ergehen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Middle High German ergēn, ergān, from Old High German irgēn, irgān, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀgān. Equivalent to er- + gehen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ergehen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present ergeht, past tense erging, past participle ergangen, auxiliary sein)
- (formal, intransitive) to go out, to be issued
- Einladungen ergehen. ― Invitations are issued.
- (intransitive) to go (well, badly etc. for someone)
- (reflexive) to hold forth, to expound [with über (+ accusative) ‘on a subject’]
- (reflexive) to indulge (oneself) [with in (+ dative) ‘in something’]
- (reflexive, literary) to take a stroll
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | ergehen | ||||
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present participle | ergehend | ||||
past participle | ergangen | ||||
auxiliary | sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich ergehe | wir ergehen | i | ich ergehe | wir ergehen |
du ergehst | ihr ergeht | du ergehest | ihr ergehet | ||
er ergeht | sie ergehen | er ergehe | sie ergehen | ||
preterite | ich erging | wir ergingen | ii | ich erginge1 | wir ergingen1 |
du ergingst | ihr ergingt | du ergingest1 du ergingst1 |
ihr erginget1 ihr ergingt1 | ||
er erging | sie ergingen | er erginge1 | sie ergingen1 | ||
imperative | ergeh (du) ergehe (du) |
ergeht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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