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  • hergeh ˉˊ ˉ verb, pp. iss hergange
    1. to walk hither
    2. to happen
    3. to occur
    4. to take place
      Example:
      1. Doyetz waare ich un zwee vun meine 'Buddies' an en 'Auction' gewest, un des iss, a' kors, aardlich hoochbeenich hergange. Recently, I and two of my buddies had been at an auction, and this, of course, took place in quite a fashionable way.
    5. iwwer —, to go over
      Example:
      1. Mit daere heemgemachde Seef hen sie die Boddem gfegt mit 're Fegbascht. Not hot 's aa nix ausgemacht wann die Leit, wu devor datt gewuhnt hen, sauwer waare un hen alles uffgewesche ghatt. Des iss ennihau widder driwwer hergange. With this homemade soap, they scrubbed the floors with a scrub brush. Then, it also didn’t matter if the people, who lived there before, were clean and had washed everything. Anyhow, this is once again gone over.
    6. iwwer —, to lay into (verbally)
      Example:
      1. Er iss iwwer sie hergange. He laid into them.
    7. iwwer —, to sharply criticize
      Example:
      1. Er iss iwwer 's Danse hergange. He sharply criticized dancing.
    8. iwwer —, to go at (idiomatically)
      Example:
      1. Des daet ihn arig verzanne, as er verleicht die Geeschel griege daet un daet iwwer ihn —. This would very much anger him, that he perhaps would get the whip and would go at him.
    9. to pass off
    10. do iss es awwer hergange, there were some high doings
    Etymology: G hergehen