utgan

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ūtgān, equivalent to ūt +‎ gān.

Verb

ūtgān

1. to go out, go away
   • c. 900 CE, Oostnederrijns-Westfaalse paarden- en wormbezwering [Eastern Lower Rhine-Westphalian horse and worm excorsism];

     Gang ūt nesso. Ūt fana themo marge an that bēn. Ūt fan themo flesgke an thia hūd. Ūt fan thera hūd an thesa strāla.

     Go away, worm. Out of the marrow to the bone. Out of the flesh to the skin. Out of the skin to this arrow.

   • c. 1100 CE, Leiden Willeram:

     Gēt ūz, er juncfrouwon, ir tha bōwet in Syon.

     Go away, you young women, you who live in Zion.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ūtgān (strong class 7 irregular, suppletive)

infinitive	ūtgān
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	gā ūt, gān ūt	gienc ūt
2nd person singular	gēs ūt, gēst ūt	giengi ūt, giengis ūt
3rd person singular	gēt ūt	gienc ūt
1st person plural	gān ūt	giengun ūt
2nd person plural	gāt ūt	giengut ūt
3rd person plural	gānt ūt	giengun ūt
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	gā ūt	giengi ūt
2nd person singular	gās ūt, gāst ūt	giengi ūt, giengis ūt
3rd person singular	gā ūt	giengi ūt
1st person plural	gān ūt	giengin ūt
2nd person plural	gāt ūt	giengit ūt
3rd person plural	gān ūt	giengin ūt
imperative	present
singular	gā ūt
plural	gāt ūt
participle	present	past
	ūtgāndi	ūtgigān, ūtgigangan

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: ûtegâen
  • Dutch: uitgaan
    • Afrikaans: uitgaan

Further reading

• “ūtgān”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ūtgān, equivalent to ūt- +‎ gān.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːtˈɡɑːn/

Verb

ūtgān

1. to go out

Conjugation

Conjugation of ūtgān (irregular)

infinitive	ūtgān	ūtgānne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ūtgā	ūtēode
second person singular	ūtgǣst	ūtēodest
third person singular	ūtgǣþ	ūtēode
plural	ūtgāþ	ūtēodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ūtgā	ūtēode
plural	ūtgān	ūtēoden
imperative
singular	ūtgā
plural	ūtgāþ
participle	present	past
	ūtgānde	ūtgān

Descendants

• Middle English: utgan, outgan, outgon
  • English: outgo, go out
  • Scots: outgae