ergehen

German

Etymology

Middle High German ergān, from Old High German irgān.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛʁˈɡeːən/
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Verb

ergehen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present ergeht, past tense erging, past participle ergangen, auxiliary sein)

  1. (formal, intransitive) to go out, to be issued
    Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  2. (intransitive) to go (well, badly etc. for someone)
  3. (reflexive) to hold forth, expatiate (über (+ acc) on)
  4. (reflexive) to indulge (oneself) (in (+ dat) in)
  5. (reflexive, literary) to take a stroll

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading
  • “ergehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “ergehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “ergehen” in Duden online
  • “ergehen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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