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GERMAN VERB

hingehen

to go there

  • #388 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: hingegangen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I go there
  2. du you go there
  3. er, sie, es he/she goes there
  4. wir we go there
  5. ihr you all go there
  6. sie, Sie they go there

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I went there
  2. du you went there
  3. er, sie, es he/she went there
  4. wir we went there
  5. ihr you all went there
  6. sie, Sie they went there

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have gone there
  2. du you have gone there
  3. er, sie, es he/she has gone there
  4. wir we have gone there
  5. ihr you all have gone there
  6. sie, Sie they have gone there

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will go there
  2. du you will go there
  3. er, sie, es he/she will go there
  4. wir we will go there
  5. ihr you all will go there
  6. sie, Sie they will go there

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would go there
  2. du you would go there
  3. er, sie, es he/she would go there
  4. wir we would go there
  5. ihr you all would go there
  6. sie, Sie they would go there

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du go there!
  2. ihr go there! (all of you)
  3. Sie go there! (formal)

How to use hingehen

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Das Konzert ist toll, gehst du hin?

    The concert is great, are you going?

  2. Simple past

    Ich ging hin, aber es war geschlossen.

    I went there, but it was closed.

  3. Perfect

    Wir sind letztes Jahr auch hingegangen.

    We went there last year too.

  4. Future

    Ich werde auf jeden Fall hingehen.

    I'll definitely go.

  5. Conditional

    An deiner Stelle würde ich hingehen.

    If I were you, I'd go.

  6. Imperative

    Geh hin und frag einfach nach.

    Go over and just ask.

Good to know

  • Hin points away from the speaker: Wo gehst du hin? Hingehen is to go to the place just mentioned.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.