gaen

See also: gåen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣaːn/

Verb

gâen

1. to go

Inflection

Conjugation of gaen (irregular, suppletive)

infinitive	gaen
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	ga	ginc		ga	ginge
2nd person singular	gaes	gings		gaes	ginges
3rd person singular	gaet	ginc		ga	ginge
1st person plural	gaen	gingen		gaen	gingen
2nd person plural	gaet	ginget		gaet	ginget
3rd person plural	gaen	gingen		gaen	gingen
	imperative
singular	ga
plural	gaet
	present	past
participle	gaende	gegaen

Descendants

• Dutch: gaan
  • Afrikaans: gaan
  • Javindo: ha, haat
  • Jersey Dutch: xân, xâne
  • Petjo: gaan, haan
• Limburgish: gaon

Further reading

• “gaen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “gaen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Scots

Verb

gaen

1. Alternative spelling of gane

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡaːɨ̯n/
• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡai̯n/

Verb

gaen

1. Soft mutation of caen.

Mutation

Mutated forms of caen

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
caen	gaen	nghaen	chaen

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.