Take place, happen - Passieren (The 381st Most Common German Word)
In German, the word for Take place, happen is Passieren. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 381st most common word in German. It can be used as verb. This word often comes up when talking about being & changes. You can see example sentences for context below, and you can also listen to their pronunciations by clicking on the speaker icon. Practice this and the other 3000 most common German words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types by downloading our app.
Pronunciation
English:
take place, happen
German:
passieren
Examples
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| We both know what'll happen if you do that. | Wir wissen beide, was passieren wird, wenn du das tust. |
| A lot of people are waiting to see what is going to happen. | Viele Leute warten darauf, zu sehen, was passieren wird. |
| I want to be sure you understand what's going to happen. | Ich will sicher sein, dass du verstehst, was passieren wird. |
| It happens to everyone. | Das könnte jedem passieren. |
| This could've happened to anyone. | Es hätte jedem passieren können. |
| It isn't supposed to be happening. | Das sollte eigentlich nicht passieren. |
| Anything can happen in the world of dreams. | In der Welt der Träume kann alles passieren. |
| There is no knowing what will happen. | Es gibt keine Ahnung, was passieren wird. |
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| However badly you want it, it will never happen. | So sehr du es auch willst, es wird nie passieren. |
| No one can tell what will happen in the future. | Was in Zukunft passieren wird, kann niemand sagen. |
| This is not going to happen again. | Das wird kein zweites Mal passieren. |
| It's not important, things happen. | Es ist nicht wichtig, Dinge passieren. |
| I knew this might happen. | Ich wusste, dass es passieren könnte. |
| This shouldn't be happening. | Das sollte nicht passieren. |
| That's the worst thing that could possibly happen. | Das ist das Schlimmste, was passieren kann. |
| It's not sure it will happen. | Es ist nicht sicher, dass es passieren wird. |
| You can never tell what will happen to us. | Man kann nie sagen, was passieren wird. |
| Something wrong was about to happen. | Etwas Falsches würde passieren. |
| I don't know what'll happen. | Ich weiß nicht, was passieren wird. |
| There's no telling what'll happen. | Es ist nicht abzusehen, was passieren wird. |
| I knew that that was going to happen. | Ich wusste, dass das passieren würde. |
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