The #1 Mistake German Learners Make! Gehen vs Laufen?

Der Unterschied zwischen laufen und gehen auf Deutsch. What is the difference between laufen and gehen in German? So a general definition would be that laufen means to walk and gehen means to go. But it's a bit more complicated than that. So in general you can say for example, ich laufe hier, I am walking here. Or you could say, ich gehe nach Hause. So but now the funny thing is that laufen can also mean to go jogging. Wait, what? Normally we would say it like this, ich war heute Morgen laufen. So I went jogging this morning. Really? Or for example, if you say, ein 5-Kilometer-Lauf. What do you think what this means? It's a run of 5 kilometers. Zum Beispiel, ich habe einen 5-Kilometer-Lauf gemacht. I did a 5-kilometer run. And now, do you know the phrases, wie geht's and wie läuft's? They basically mean the same thing. It means, how are you? And there you have again, wie geht's is like how is it going and wie läuft's is the same thing. How is it going? How is your life about? And then you can answer, do you know what you can answer? You can say, mir geht es gut oder es geht so. But you can also say, and that is especially slang, you can say, es läuft, it's like it's going well, es läuft. And another thing you should know is that gehen can also be used for functioning. Something is working. Zum Beispiel, die Kamera geht gut. The camera is working well. Oder, das geht nicht. This is not working. Und manchmal sind auch die beiden Wörter zusammen. Sometimes the two words are together. Das ist doppelt gemoppelt, sagen wir auf Deutsch. Zum Beispiel, ich gehe laufen. For example, jeden Morgen gehe ich laufen. It can mean two things. It can mean that every morning you go running or jogging. Ich gehe laufen. Why are you running? But in some areas, this is also depending on the region that you are in in Germany, it might just be that you go spazieren. Ich gehe spazieren means to go for a walk. Das ist die Erklärung. This is the explanation. Ich hoffe, sie hilft dir. I hope it helps you. Ich gehe jetzt laufen. Bye!