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How to Say ‘The surgery went well.’ in German

Die Operation ist gut verlaufen.

dee oh-peh-rah-TSYOHN ist goot fer-LOW-fen

[dee oh-peh-rah-TSYOHN ist goot fer-LOW-fen]

💬 Usage Tip: verlaufen "to go, to turn out" forms its past with ist, not hat. Its second part goes to the end of the sentence: Alles ist gut verlaufen "Everything went well".

Phrase Breakdown

Die Operation

dee oh-peh-rah-TSYOHN

The operation

'Operation' is feminine, so it takes 'die'. Stress the end: -TSION.

Example

Die Operation war lang.

The operation was long.

Words in this phrase

Die

[dee]

the

Definite article used to specify something already known.

Example

Die Katze ist süß.

The cat is cute.

Operation

[oh-peh-rah-TSYOHN]

operation, surgery

A surgical procedure.

Example

Die Operation war erfolgreich.

The surgery was successful.

ist gut verlaufen.

ist goot fer-LOW-fen

went well.

'verlaufen' here means 'to go/proceed'. Stress LAU: ver-LAU-fen. The 'v' sounds like 'f'.

Example

Alles ist gut verlaufen.

Everything went well.

Words in this phrase

ist

[ist]

Third person singular of sein, used for statements.

Example

Der Flug ist heute voll.

The flight is full today.

gut

[goot]

well

Indicating a good state of being.

Example

Mir geht's gut und dir?

I'm well, and you?

verlaufen

[fer-LOW-fen]

gone, proceeded

Past participle of 'verlaufen': how something went.

Example

Alles ist normal verlaufen.

Everything went normally.

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