gelangen
See also: gelängen
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡəˈlaŋən]
- Rhymes: -aŋn̩
Verb
gelangen (weak, third-person singular present gelangt, past tense gelangte, past participle gelangt, auxiliary sein)
- (intransitive) to reach, get to, end up in (a place, location)
- Das kurze Video gelangte in falsche Hände.
- The short video ended up in the wrong hands.
- (intransitive, with zu) to reach, arrive at (a destination)
- Wir liefen stundenlang, um zur Grenze zu gelangen.
- We walked for hours to reach the border.
Conjugation
| infinitive | gelangen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | gelangend | ||||
| past participle | gelangt | ||||
| auxiliary | sein | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich gelange | wir gelangen | i | ich gelange | wir gelangen |
| du gelangst | ihr gelangt | du gelangest | ihr gelanget | ||
| er gelangt | sie gelangen | er gelange | sie gelangen | ||
| preterite | ich gelangte | wir gelangten | ii | ich gelangte1 | wir gelangten1 |
| du gelangtest | ihr gelangtet | du gelangtest1 | ihr gelangtet1 | ||
| er gelangte | sie gelangten | er gelangte1 | sie gelangten1 | ||
| imperative | gelang (du) gelange (du) |
gelangt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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