gutgehen
German, verb[ˈɡuːtˌɡeːən]
gutgehen is spelled G-U-T-G-E-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 46,552nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gutgehen is a German verb meaning “to go well, to be fine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich positiv/gut entwickeln”.
What does gutgehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to go well, to be fine
Zwei Jahre nach dem Unfall geht es mir wieder gut.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich positiv/gut entwickeln 2. wirtschaftlich: gute Profite machen 3. gesundheitlich: gesund werden/sein 4. einen positiven Verlauf haben
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 gutgehen
- geht gut present singular third-person
- ging gut past
- gutgegangen participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 7 strong
- gutgehend participle present
- gutzugehen infinitive infinitive-zu
- gehen gut indicative plural present
- gehe gut singular subjunctive subjunctive-i
- gingen gut indicative plural preterite
- ginge gut singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii
- gutgeht indicative present singular
- gutgehe singular subjunctive subjunctive-i
- gutging indicative preterite singular
- gutgingen indicative plural preterite
- gutginge singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii
- ist gutgegangen indicative multiword-construction perfect
- sind gutgegangen indicative multiword-construction perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gutgehen?
- [ˈɡuːtˌɡeːən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gutgehen in German?
gutgehen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).