nachgehen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German nāchgān, from Old High German nāhgān, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhwagān. Equivalent to nach- +‎ gehen. Cognate with Dutch nagaan and Hunsrik nohgehn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnaːxˌɡeːən/, [ˈnaːχˌɡ̊eːən] Hyphenation: nach‧ge‧hen === Verb === nachgehen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present geht nach, past tense ging nach, past participle nachgegangen, auxiliary sein) (intransitive) to follow, to pursue [with dative ‘someone/something’] (intransitive) to run slow (of a clock) Coordinate term: vorgehen (transitive) to investigate, to follow up [with dative ‘someone/something’] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Nachgang Nachgehen === Further reading === “nachgehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “nachgehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “nachgehen” in Duden online “nachgehen” in OpenThesaurus.de