Hingehen vs gehen in German

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Both gehen and hingehen mean "to go," but there's a key difference in meaning:

gehen = "to go" (general)

• Used for going somewhere without specifying direction relative to speaker
• Ich gehe zur Schule. (I'm going to school)

hingehen = "to go to a specific point/place" (with directional nuance)

• Focuses on going to that place over there / the endpoint
• Often paired with dahin (there) / wohin questions
• Ich gehe jetzt hin. (I'm going there now)
• Wollen wir zur Party gehen? – Ja, lass uns dahin hingehen. (underscore direction)

Opposite: weggehen = to go away / leave

Related Topics: Directional verbs, Using gehen with time, Wohin vs wo

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