gingen wir

we went

→ gehen
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we went The simple past of “gehen” (“to go”) with “wir” (“we”). The verb may come before the subject when the sentence starts with another element.
GE: Gestern gingen wir früh nach Hause.
EN: Yesterday we went home early.

Dann gingen wir zum Mittagessen.

Then we went to lunch.

Dann gingen wir auf unsere Zimmer.

Then we went to our rooms.

— Eine Frage der Ehre (1992)

Obwohl es regnete, gingen wir spazieren.

Even though it was raining, we went for a walk.

Einen Abend gingen wir in den Hollywood Hills spazieren.

One evening we went for a walk in the Hollywood Hills.

— Frau ohne Gewissen (1944)

Am Abend gingen wir im Park spazieren.

In the evening we went for a walk in the park.

Dieweil die Schule zu Ende war, gingen wir heim.

Since school was over, we went home.

Dann gingen wir ins Theater.

Then we went to the theater.

Dorthin gingen wir.

We went there.

Danach gingen wir nach Kyoto, wo wir eine Woche blieben.

Afterwards we went to Kyoto, where we stayed for a week.

Dann gingen wir in einem Restaurant eine Pizza essen.

Then we went to a restaurant to eat pizza.

— Die Nächte der Cabiria (1957)

Eines Abends gingen wir ins Kino.

One evening we went to the cinema.

— Parallelwelten (2018)