No. 933 in German
folgen
"Folgen" means "to follow" in English.
In a sentence
Ich folge dem Lehrer.
I follow the teacher.
The verb 'folgen' in this sentence is used in the context of physically following someone or moving behind someone.
Folgen Sie meiner Erklärung bitte.
Please follow my explanation.
Here, 'folgen' is used metaphorically to mean 'to understand or pay attention to' an explanation or reasoning.
Dem Vortrag folgte eine Diskussion.
A discussion followed the lecture.
In this case, 'folgen' is used to indicate a sequence, meaning one event occurs after another.
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