gehinausgegangen

Gehinausgegangen is a nonstandard, informal variant of the German verb form related to the separable verb hinausgehen. It appears mainly in online contexts and is not recognised as a correct standard spelling in major dictionaries. The standard participle is hinausgegangen, formed from hinausgehen with the ge- prefix. In normal language use, one would say ich bin hinausgegangen or ich bin hinausgegangen, depending on the sentence.

Linguistic notes

In standard German, hinausgehen is a separable verb; in perfect tenses the prefix moves to the end: ich bin hinausgegangen. The form gehinausgegangen does not follow the conventional morphology and is generally treated as a misspelling, a typographical error, or a deliberate nonce (creative spelling) for emphasis or humor. Its appearance is typically confined to casual digital communication, memes, or playful writing and is not used in formal texts.

Usage and attestation

Gehinausgegangen has no formal status in German and is not listed in authoritative reference works. It is occasionally encountered as a nonstandard or joke form in user-generated content on social media or forums. For standard communication, writers should use hinausgegangen in combination with the appropriate auxiliary verb (ist/outward movement) depending on tense and context.

Example

A nonstandard online usage might read: Ich gehinausgegangen, um frische Luft zu schnappen. Note that this illustrates nonstandard spelling; the correct standard form is Ich bin hinausgegangen (or Ich bin hinausgegangen, to emphasize movement).

See also

Hinausgehen, Partizip II, German grammar, Separable verbs.