geschehen.
to occur; to happen
Meaning & usage
to occur; to happen
Wie konnte das nur geschehen?
Dein Wille geschehe, wie im Himmel so auf Erden.
to happen
Was ist (mit) dir geschehen?
to serve right, to be deserved [with dative ‘someone’ and recht ‘right’] (in this construction passieren is not possible)
Das geschieht ihm recht.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German geschehen, geschēn, geschegen, from Old High German giskehan, scehan, from Proto-West Germanic *skehan (“to spring, come up, emerge, happen”). Cognate to Bavarian gschehn and Dutch geschieden.
past participle of geschehen
over, lost, done for, doomed, dead
Um den ist es geschehen.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German geschehen, geschēn, geschegen, from Old High German giskehan, scehan, from Proto-West Germanic *skehan (“to spring, come up, emerge, happen”). Cognate to Bavarian gschehn and Dutch geschieden.
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