vorgehen

== German == === Etymology === vor- +‎ gehen === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡeː.ən] === Verb === vorgehen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present geht vor, past tense ging vor, past participle vorgegangen, auxiliary sein) (intransitive) to walk to the front (of a room or area) (informal) to go on ahead (in contrast to someone else temporarily staying behind) Geh schonmal vor, ich komme auch gleich. ― Go on ahead, I'll join you in a moment. to take precedence, to have a higher priority (e.g. of ideals) Sicherheit geht vor! ― Safety first! to go about a problem, to approach an issue (in a certain way, according to a specific strategy or guideline) Wie wollen wir vorgehen? ― How do we want to approach this? to crack down on, to take steps [with gegen (+ accusative) ‘against something’] to be going on, to be happening (in an internal or hidden location or situation) Synonym: vor sich gehen to run fast (of a clock) Coordinate term: nachgehen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Vorgehen Vorgehensweise ==== Related terms ==== Vorgang === Further reading === “vorgehen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “vorgehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “vorgehen” in Duden online “vorgehen” in OpenThesaurus.de