Happen, occur - Geschehen (The 623rd Most Common German Word)

The translation for Happen, occur in German is Geschehen. It can be used as verb. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 623rd most commonly used word in German. This word often comes up when talking about being & changes. Tap on the speaker icon to listen to their pronunciations, and you can also see example sentences for context below. Download our app to practice the 3000 most common German words, including this one, with over 60,000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

en English: happen, occur

de German: geschehen

Being & Changes Verb A1

Examples

en de
I know what may happen here. Ich weiß, was hier geschehen wird.
I want to know what happens. Ich möchte gerne wissen, was geschehen ist.
Nothing happens unless you make it happen. Nichts geschieht, außer du lässt es geschehen.
I want you to tell me everything that happened. Ich will, dass du mir alles sagst, was geschehen ist.
It seems that something has happened. Es scheint, dass etwas geschehen ist.
They are agog to know what happened. Sie brannten darauf, zu erfahren, was geschehen war.
I'm still waiting to be told what happened. Ich warte noch darauf, dass mir gesagt wird, was geschehen ist.
That kind of thing won't happen. Das wird nicht geschehen.

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Happen, occur - Geschehen (The 623rd Most Common German Word)
Anything could happen. Irgend etwas könnte geschehen.
Nothing will happen. Es wird nichts geschehen.
Everything happened so quickly. Alles war so schnell geschehen.
It may occur at any moment. Das kann jeden Moment geschehen.
What happened here Was ist hier geschehen
This is how the incident happened. Das ist so wie der Vorfall geschehen ist.
He accurately described what happened there. Er beschrieb präzise, was dort geschehen war.
Nothing special happened. Es ist nichts Besonderes geschehen.
When did this occur Wann ist das geschehen
Tom described what had happened. Tom beschrieb, was geschehen war.
Tom had told the sailors what had happened. Tom berichtete den Seeleuten, was geschehen war.
Nothing'll happen. Es wird nichts geschehen.
It has happened. Es ist geschehen.

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Happen, occur - Geschehen (The 623rd Most Common German Word)

This word appears in the following categories

Being & Changes Verb A1

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