Sentences with German verb geschehen ⟨Passive⟩ ⟨Interrogative⟩

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verb
geschehen werden
noun
Geschehen, das

Present

  • Das geschieht nicht. 
    English That doesn't happen.
  • An welchen Wochentagen geschieht es? 
    English On which days of the week does it happen?
  • Meine Assistenten dokumentieren alles, was geschieht . 
    English My assistants document everything that happens.
  • Ja, es geschieht gelegentlich. 
    English Yes, it happens once in a while.
  • Was also geschieht der Hauptfigur zuletzt? 
    English So what happens to the protagonist at the end?
  • Ich werde dir beistehen, was auch immer geschieht . 
    English I will stand by you whatever happens.
  • Bleibe ruhig, was auch immer geschieht . 
    English Stay calm, no matter what happens.
  • Eine Kindstötung geschieht meist in einem starken Affekt. 
    English A child murder usually occurs in a strong affect.

Imperfect

  • Es geschah einfach. 
    English It just happened.
  • Der Unfall geschah auf der Autobahn. 
    English The accident took place on the highway.
  • Unsere Zusammenarbeit geschah immer auf freundschaftlicher Basis. 
    English Our collaboration always took place on a friendly basis.
  • In meinem Leben geschahen völlig unerwartete Dinge in einem völlig unerwarteten Augenblick und mit einem völlig unerwarteten Ergebnis. 
    English In my life, completely unexpected things happened at a completely unexpected moment and with a completely unexpected result.
  • Das Verbrechen geschah vorsätzlich. 
    English The crime was premeditated.
  • Wir erfuhren plötzlich, was geschah . 
  • Auf dem Heimweg geschah ein Unfall. 
    English An accident happened on the way home.
  • Es geschah in gegenseitigem Einvernehmen. 
    English It was consensual.
  • Die Niederwerfung des Aufstandes geschah plötzlich. 
    English The suppression of the uprising happened suddenly.
  • Tagsüber geschah nichts. 
    English Nothing happened during the day.

Present Subj.

  • Tom sagte, so etwas geschehe ständig. 
    English Tom said this kind of thing happens all the time.

Imperf. Subj.

  • Ich wollte wissen, was geschähe . 
    English I wanted to know what would happen.

Imperative

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Infinitive

  • Wie konnte das geschehen ? 
    English How could that happen?

Participle

  • Tom berichtete den Seeleuten, was geschehen war. 
    English Tom had told the sailors what had happened.
  • Geschehen ist geschehen . 
    English What is done cannot be undone.
  • Mir ist etwas Schreckliches geschehen . 
    English Something terrible has happened to me.
  • Mit ihm ist etwas Schreckliches geschehen . 
    English Something terrible has happened to him.

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Indicative

Examples sentences for realis mood Passive for geschehen


  • Es geschah einfach. 
    English It just happened.
  • Das geschieht nicht. 
    English That doesn't happen.
  • An welchen Wochentagen geschieht es? 
    English On which days of the week does it happen?
  • Der Unfall geschah auf der Autobahn. 
    English The accident took place on the highway.
  • Meine Assistenten dokumentieren alles, was geschieht . 
    English My assistants document everything that happens.
  • Ja, es geschieht gelegentlich. 
    English Yes, it happens once in a while.
  • Was also geschieht der Hauptfigur zuletzt? 
    English So what happens to the protagonist at the end?
  • Unsere Zusammenarbeit geschah immer auf freundschaftlicher Basis. 
    English Our collaboration always took place on a friendly basis.
  • In der Welt geschehen ja mitunter seltsame Dinge. 
    English Strange things do happen in the world from time to time.
  • In meinem Leben geschahen völlig unerwartete Dinge in einem völlig unerwarteten Augenblick und mit einem völlig unerwarteten Ergebnis. 
    English In my life, completely unexpected things happened at a completely unexpected moment and with a completely unexpected result.
  • Das Verbrechen geschah vorsätzlich. 
    English The crime was premeditated.
  • Es geschehen hier absurde Dinge. 
    English Absurd things happen here.
  • Wir erfuhren plötzlich, was geschah . 
  • Auf dem Heimweg geschah ein Unfall. 
    English An accident happened on the way home.
  • Ich werde dir beistehen, was auch immer geschieht . 
    English I will stand by you whatever happens.

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Subjunctive

Usage for conjunctive mood Passive for geschehen


  • Ich wollte wissen, was geschähe . 
    English I wanted to know what would happen.
  • Tom sagte, so etwas geschehe ständig. 
    English Tom said this kind of thing happens all the time.

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Conditional (würde)

Imperative

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Translations

Translation of German geschehen


German geschehen
English happen, occur, befall, be effected, betide, pass, take place, transpire
Russian случаться, произойти, происходить, случиться, совершаться, совершиться, бывать
Spanish ocurrir, suceder, acaecer, acontecer, pasar, devenir, efectuarse, haber
French arriver, se produire, advenir, dater de, se faire, se passer, se pratiquer
Turkish meydana gelmek, olmak, cereyan etmek, oldu, gerçekleşmek
Portuguese acontecer, ocorrer, suceder, dar-se
Italian accadere, succedere, capitare, avvenire, arrivare, essere, sopravvenire, verificarsi
Romanian se petrece, avea loc, se infaptui, se intampla, se produce, întâmpla, se realiza, se întâmpla
Hungarian megtörténik, történik, megesik
Polish wydarzyć się, zdarzyć się, dziać, przydarzać, przydarzyć, stawać, stać, stać się
Greek γίνομαι, συμβαίνω, συμβαίνει
Dutch gebeuren, aangedaan worden, geschieden, overkomen, plaatsvinden
Czech dít se, stát se, stávat se
Swedish hända, inträffa, ske
Danish ske, hænde, forekomme
Japanese 起こる, 起きる, 発生する
Catalan passar, succeir, esdevenir, ocórrer
Finnish tapahtua, käydä, sattua, ilmestyä
Norwegian skje, hende, involvere
Basque gertatu
Serbian dešavati se, dogoditi se
Macedonian случува
Slovenian zgoditi se
Slowakisch udiať sa
Bosnian dešavati se
Croatian događati se, zbivati se
Ukrainian траплятися, відбуватися, статися
Bulgarian става, събитие
Belorussian адбывацца, збывацца
Hebrewלהתרחש
Arabicحدث، جرى، حصل- وقعَ، وقع، يجرى، يحدث
Persianرخ دادن، روی دادن، پیش آمدن، اتفاق افتادن
Urduواقع ہونا، ہونا

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* Sentences from the Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org) are freely available under the license CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.de). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 298455, 25795, 542987, 25795

* Sentences by Tatoeba (tatoeba.org) are freely available under the CC BY 2.0 FR (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/fr/). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 3662613, 1790383, 3481283, 753615, 3770829, 804859, 938350, 7562550, 10101530, 1235463, 3401072, 6629926, 817034, 2190060, 6041272, 2765973, 3428734, 1314839, 8235097, 2212554, 2679656, 4571651

* Definitions come partly from Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org)> and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) license: 25795, 25795

* Synonyms come partly from OpenThesaurus (openthesaurus.de) and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) license: geschehen

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