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GERMAN VERB

losgehen

to set off

  • #154 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: losgegangen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du set off!
  2. ihr set off! (all of you)
  3. Sie set off! (formal)

How to use losgehen

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

  1. Present

    Wir gehen um neun los.

    We're setting off at nine.

  2. Simple past

    Das Konzert ging mit einer Stunde Verspätung los.

    The concert started an hour late.

  3. Perfect

    Die anderen sind schon losgegangen.

    The others have already set off.

  4. Future

    Gleich wird es losgehen, haltet euch bereit!

    It's about to start, get ready!

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde früher losgehen, der Weg ist weit.

    I'd set off earlier, it's a long way.

  6. Imperative

    Geht schon mal los, ich hole euch ein!

    Go on ahead, I'll catch up with you!

Good to know

  • Losgehen also means to start: Wann geht's los? asks when it begins.

Where you hear losgehen

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

German · Intermediate Level 3

  • Wir gehen jetzt los. We're setting off now.
  • Wir sind um neun losgegangen. We set off at nine.
  • Morgen gehen wir früh los. Tomorrow we set off early.

German · Advanced Level 1

  • Wir gehen jetzt los. We're setting off now.
  • Wir sind um neun losgegangen. We set off at nine.
  • Morgen gehen wir früh los. Tomorrow we set off early.

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