geschehen
German (Berlin)
/ɡəˈʃeːən/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (intransitive) to occur; to happen
- (with dative or with "mit ...") to happen (to someone); to serve (someone)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German geschehen inherited from Old High German giskehan (happen) derived from Proto-Germanic *skehaną (move quickly, emerge, run, spring up, happen, come up, jump, spring).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skehaną
Gloss
move quickly, emerge, run, spring up, happen, come up, jump, spring
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
走
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ungeschehen German
- *skek- Proto-Indo-European
- *gaskehaną Proto-Germanic
- *skehaną Proto-Germanic
- kanske Swedish
- ske Swedish
- gesceon Old English
- sceon Old English
- sċēon Old English
- måske Danish
- ske Danish
- skefuld Danish
- spiseske Danish
- teske Danish
- ske Icelandic
- gisciht Old High German
- giskehan Old High German
- ske Faroese
- geschegen Middle High German
- geschehen Middle High German
- geschehen, geschēn Middle High German
- geschéien Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- געשען Yiddish
- *skian Old Dutch
- schên Middle Low German
- schēn Middle Low German
- gaségan Cimbrian
- geschëhe Alemannic German
- ske Old Swedish
- jenav Volapük
- jenön Volapük