🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Geh weg

Pronunciation / Transliteration: geɪ vɛk

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Go Away/ɡoʊ əˈweɪ/
verb phraseCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Er sagte, geh weg."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb phrase
  1. 1

    To leave a place or situation.

    "When the argument escalated, she told him to go away."
  2. 2

    To express a desire for someone to stop bothering or annoying.

    "He was so frustrated that he shouted for the kids to go away."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The phrase 'go away' combines the verb 'go', originating from Old English 'gān', meaning to move from one place to another, and 'away', derived from the Old English 'āweg', meaning 'from this place'. The phrase has evolved to express a desire for someone to leave or to indicate dismissal.

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