passieren

A2 Verb frequency rank #974

What passieren means

Verb

to happen
to move beyond; pass
to pass through a sieve, to strain

Forms

passieren · passiert · passierte · hat passiert (+ Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

passieren in a sentence

Was ist passiert, dass Sie so lachen müssen?

What happened that you have to laugh so much?

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passieren is A2 German — still elementary vocabulary, ranked #974 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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