No. 4,131 in German
angegangen
"Angegangen" means "approached" or "addressed" in English.
In a sentence
Er hat das Projekt methodisch angegangen.
He approached the project methodically.
Here, 'angegangen' is used as the past participle of 'angehen', meaning 'to approach' or 'to tackle', indicating the manner in which the project was handled.
Das Problem wurde letzten Monat angegangen.
The problem was addressed last month.
In this case, 'angegangen' is used in the passive voice, indicating that some action was taken to resolve the problem.
Wie soll diese Herausforderung angegangen werden?
How should this challenge be addressed?
Here, 'angegangen' appears in conjunction with 'werden', indicating a question about the approach or method for addressing a specific challenge in the future.
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