Verb
geschehen
to occur; to happen
B1
rank #1,011
Meanings
Verb
- to occur; to happen
- to happen
- to serve right, to be deserved [with dative ‘someone’ and recht ‘right’] (in this construction passieren is not possible)
In a sentence
Was ist geschehen, dass du doch bleiben willst?
What happened that made you want to stay?
Forms
infinitive
geschehen
he/she/it
geschieht
simple past
geschah
perfect
ist geschehen
takes mit + Dativ