drangehen
/ˈdranˌɡeːən/ verb C2- to approach, touch, handle, use something (with pronominal adverb or an + accusative) · Geh da bloß nicht dran! Don’t you touch that!· Das sieht aus, als wären Mäuse drangegangen. It looks as if mice had got to it.
- to accept a call, to pick up, answer · Ich habe ihn angerufen, aber er ist nicht drangegangen. I rang him, but he wouldn’t pick up.
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- drangehen
- Present (er)
- geht dran
- Präteritum (er)
- ging dran
- Perfekt (er)
- ist drangegangen
- Infinitive with zu
- dranzugehen
A strong or irregular verb: its stem changes in some forms, so learn its main forms by heart.
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