ergehen

B2#4,983

Hear it

verbformalliterary

to go out, to be issued
to gowell, badly etc. for someone
to hold forth, to expound [with über (+ accusative) ‘on a subject’]
to indulge (oneself) [with in (+ dative) ‘in something’]
to take a stroll

Forms

Present

I	ergehe
you	ergehst
he, she, it	ergeht
we	ergehen
you (plural)	ergeht
they	ergehen

Preterite

I	erging
you	ergingst
he, she, it	erging
we	ergingen
you (plural)	ergingt
they	ergingen

Subjunctive I

I	ergehe
you	ergehest
he, she, it	ergehe
we	ergehen
you (plural)	ergehet
they	ergehen

Subjunctive II

I	erginge
you	ergingest / ergingst
he, she, it	erginge
we	ergingen
you (plural)	erginget / ergingt
they	ergingen

Imperative

you	ergeh / ergehe
you (plural)	ergeht

Other forms

infinitive	ergehen
past participle	ergangen
present participle	ergehend

Used in the library

Wie ist es den Auswanderern in Amerika ergangen, fragt die Schülerin.How did the emigrants fare in America, the pupil asks.B2Noch einmal, bitte (16) — Once more, please (16) (B2)
Wie ist es dir bei deinem ersten Casting ergangen, fragt der alte Schauspieler.How did your first casting go, the old actor asks.B2Noch einmal, bitte (4) — Once more, please (4) (B2)
Greta fragt sich, wie es den Bürgern von Weimar ergangen ist, die im April 1945 durch das Lager geführt wurden.Greta wonders how the citizens of Weimar fared who were led through the camp in April 1945.B2Noch einmal, bitte (27) — Once more, please (27) (B2)

Other ways to say it

spazierento take a walk, to stroll, to walk leisurely

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