gehen
\ˈɡeːən\
The verdict
“gehen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aller à pied.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gehen · gehen · French
gehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gehen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈɡeːən\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gehen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gehen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈɡeːən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 16 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for gehen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is gehen, spelled G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Aller à pied.
- 2Marcher.
- 3Aller régulièrement, fréquenter (une institution).
- 4Partir.
- 5Aller faire quelque chose.
- 6Fonctionner, marcher.
- 7Marcher, réaliser son action génétique.
- 8Se vendre, partir.
- 9Mener, s’étendre, aller.
- 10Aller, se porter, ça va. suivi du datif
- 11Durer, poursuivre.
- 12Lever pour la pâte.
- 13Être attribué (victoire, suffrage, etc.)
- 14Être possible, être acceptable.
- 15mit jemandem gehen: être le petit copain ou la petite copine de quelqu'un.
- 16Migrer, partir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wohin geht ihr?
Er kam in der Mittagszeit, die Teller standen noch auf dem Tisch, und ich hatte noch eine halbe Stunde Freizeit, ehe ich in mein Büro gehen mußte.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.