geschehen

Meaning

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)

Concepts

happen

occur

take place

come about

come

transpire

get

become

go on

pass

done

come to pass

be

bechance

befall

betide

arrive

end up

manage

succeed

end

happened

come true

ensue

come up

fall out

fortune

come into being

hap

pass off

set in

turn

materialise

materialize

objectify

reify

come across

cross paths

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡəˈʃeːən/

Etymology

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.