geschehen

Betekenis

1. (class-5,intransitive,strong) to occur; to happen
2. (class-5,intransitive,strong) to happen
3. (class-5,impersonal,strong) to serve right, to be deserved [with dative ‘someone’ and recht ‘right’] (in this construction passieren is not possible)

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɡəˈʃeːən/

Etimologie

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 Dutch geschieden.