FluentPlex

zugehen

/ˈtsuːɡeːən/ verb B2
  1. to shut (intransitive) · Die Tür geht nicht zu. The door won't shut.
  2. to receive (intransitive) · Mir ist ein Brief zugegangen. I have received a letter.
  3. to approach sth. or so., to step up to someone, to walk towards (intransitive) · Wir gingen auf das Gebäude zu. We approached the building.· Sie ging auf mich zu. She stepped up to me.
  4. to come towards (in a manner of affection) (Austria, colloquial, intransitive) · Der Hund ist mir sofort zugegangen. The dog came to me straight away and showed affection.
  5. to take place in the expressed manner (impersonal) · Hier geht es aber wild zu. Things are wild here.· Hier geht es gesittet zu. This is a civilized place.
  6. to be tumultuous, chaotic, turbulent (Austria, impersonal, regional) · Da geht's heute wieder zu! It's tumultuous again today!
+ Save to review

Verb forms

Infinitive
zugehen
Present (er)
geht zu
Präteritum (er)
ging zu
Perfekt (er)
ist zugegangen
Infinitive with zu
zuzugehen

A strong or irregular verb: its stem changes in some forms, so learn its main forms by heart.

Other matches

Learn zugehen in real texts

With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.

Create free account
Words, meanings, pronunciations and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.