vonstattengehen
German, verb[fɔnˈʃtatn̩ˌɡeːən]
vonstattengehen is spelled V-O-N-S-T-A-T-T-E-N-G-E-H-E-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 154,802nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vonstattengehen is a German verb meaning “to take place” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ablaufen, im Sinne von jetzt/dann stattfinden, passieren, sich realisieren”.
What does vonstattengehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to take place
- 2
to proceed, advance
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ablaufen, im Sinne von jetzt/dann stattfinden, passieren, sich realisieren 2. ablaufen, im Sinne von sich fortentwickeln, sich zu etwas Weiterem entwickeln, eine logische Kette bilden
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 vonstattengehen
- geht vonstatten present singular third-person
- ging vonstatten past
- vonstattengegangen participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 7 strong
- vonstattengehend participle present
- vonstattenzugehen infinitive infinitive-zu
- gehe vonstatten first-person indicative present
- gehen vonstatten first-person indicative plural
- gehst vonstatten indicative present second-person
- gehest vonstatten second-person singular subjunctive
- gehet vonstatten plural second-person subjunctive
- gingen vonstatten first-person indicative plural
- ginge vonstatten first-person singular subjunctive
- gingst vonstatten indicative preterite second-person
- gingt vonstatten indicative plural preterite
- gingest vonstatten second-person singular subjunctive
- ginget vonstatten plural second-person subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vonstattengehen?
- [fɔnˈʃtatn̩ˌɡeːən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vonstattengehen in German?
vonstattengehen appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).