Happen

See also Happen

English

Etymology

From Middle English happenen

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈhapən/
• (US) IPA: /ˈhæpən/

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  Rhymes: -æpən

Verb

Infinitive to Happen

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Happen (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. To occur.

   Let me tell you how it happened.

   Take an umbrella in case it happens to rain.

2. (followed by on or upon) To encounter by chance.
   • 1860, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun, ch. 30:

     Unexpectedly, in a nook close by the farmhouse, he happened upon a spot where the vintage had actually commenced.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Derived terms

Terms derived from happen

as it happens

happen along

Related terms

• happening (noun):

Translations

to occur

Albanian: ndodhë sq(sq) Arabic: حدث ar(ar) (Hádatha) Armenian: պատահել hy(hy) (patahel) Belarusian: здарыцца be(be) (zdárycca) Bulgarian: се случи bg(bg) (se sluči) Catalan: passar, ocórrer, succeir Chinese: Mandarin: 發生 cmn(cmn), 发生 cmn(cmn) (fāshēng) Czech: stát se Danish: ske da(da) Dutch: gebeuren nl(nl) Esperanto: okazi eo(eo) Estonian: juhtuma et(et), toimuma et(et) Finnish: tapahtua fi(fi), sattua fi(fi), käydä fi(fi) French: advenir fr(fr), arriver fr(fr), se produire fr(fr), se passer fr(fr) Georgian: მოხდომა ka(ka) (moxdoma) German: geschehen de(de), passieren de(de), stattfinden de(de) Greek: συμβαίνω el(el) (simvéno), τυχαίνω el(el) (tiçéno), λαχαίνω el(el) (laçéno), τυγχάνω el(el) (tiŋxáno), διαδραματίζομαι el(el) (ðiaðramatízome), σημειώνομαι el(el) (simiónome) Hebrew: הָלַךְ he(he) (halak) Hindi: बीतना hi(hi) (bītnā) Hungarian: történik hu(hu) Icelandic: bera við, henda, verða, vilja til Ido: eventar io(io) Irish: tarlaigh ga(ga) Italian: accadere it(it)

Japanese: 起る ja(ja) (おこる, okoru) Korean: 일어낟 ko(ko) (ireonada) Latin: fieri la(la), fio la(la) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Luhya: esihole Norwegian: foregå, inntreffe, skje Old English: weorþan ang(ang), ġeweorþan ang(ang) Persian: پیشامد کردن fa(fa) Polish: zdarzyć się pl(pl), wydarzyć się pl(pl), dziać się pl(pl), zaistnieć pl(pl), stać się pl(pl) Portuguese: acontecer pt(pt), suceder pt(pt) Romanian: întâmpla ro(ro), petrece ro(ro) Russian: происходить ru(ru) (proisxodít’) (impf.), произойти ru(ru) (proizijí’) REDIRECT Template:pf.; случаться ru(ru) (slučát’sja) (impf.), случиться ru(ru) (slučít’sja) REDIRECT Template:pf. Scottish Gaelic: tàrlaidh gd(gd) Seri: aaha Slovak: stať sa sk(sk) Slovene: please add this translation if you can Spanish: suceder es(es), ocurrir es(es), pasar es(es) Swahili: tukiyo sw(sw) Swedish: hända sv(sv), ske sv(sv), inträffa sv(sv), äga rum sv(sv) Thai: เกิด th(th) (gèrt) Turkish: olmak tr(tr), yer bulmak tr(tr), meydana gelmek tr(tr) Ukrainian: статися uk(uk) (státysja) Urdu: بیتنا ur(ur) (bītnā) Vietnamese: xảy ra vi(vi), xảy đến vi(vi) Yiddish: געשען yi(yi) (geshen)

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Dutch

Verb

Template:Nl-verb

1. to take a bite

Conjugation

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Noun

happen

1. Plural form of hap.

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