verb#5,306 by frequency
schiefgehen
[ˈʃiːfˌɡeːən]
to go wrong
- er/sie/es
- geht schief
- past
- ging schief
- past participle
- schiefgegangen
- separable
- schief | gehen
Meanings
- 1
to go wrong
Sie wissen nicht, was schiefgegangen ist.
They don't know what went wrong.
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Wir wissen nicht, was schiefgegangen ist.
We don't know what went wrong.
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Conjugation
| present | past | |
|---|---|---|
| ich | — | ging schief |
| du | — | — |
| er/sie/es | geht schief | ging schief |
| wir | schiefgehen | — |
| ihr | geht schief | — |
| sie/Sie | gehen schief | gingen schief |
Forms in lighter type are the ones German always makes identical: wir and sie use the infinitive, ihr matches er, and in the past ich matches er.