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entlanggehen

German, verb[ɛntˈlaŋˌɡeːən]

entlanggehen is spelled E-N-T-L-A-N-G-G-E-H-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 205,761st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entlanggehen is a German verb meaning “to walk along” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf einem bestimmten Weg, einer bestimmten Route in eine Richtung gehen; parallel zu etwas gehen”.

What does entlanggehen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to walk along

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. auf einem bestimmten Weg, einer bestimmten Route in eine Richtung gehen; parallel zu etwas gehen

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of entlanggehen

  • geht entlang present singular third-person
  • ging entlang past
  • entlanggegangen participle past
  • sein auxiliary
  • 7 strong
  • entlanggehend participle present
  • entlangzugehen infinitive infinitive-zu
  • gehe entlang first-person indicative present
  • gehen entlang first-person indicative plural
  • gehst entlang indicative present second-person
  • gehest entlang second-person singular subjunctive
  • gehet entlang plural second-person subjunctive
  • gingen entlang first-person indicative plural
  • ginge entlang first-person singular subjunctive
  • gingst entlang indicative preterite second-person
  • gingt entlang indicative plural preterite
  • gingest entlang second-person singular subjunctive
  • ginget entlang plural second-person subjunctive

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce entlanggehen?

  • [ɛntˈlaŋˌɡeːən]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is entlanggehen in German?

entlanggehen appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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