Happen
dasNounpassieren; geschehen
German translations
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Happen
Word details
- German meaning
- Jemand, der übertrieben freundlich und fröhlich ist.
- English meaning
- All smiles, excessively cheerful
- Synonym
- Frohnatur
- German example
- Sie ist immer so ein Honigkuchenpferd, egal was passiert.
- English example
- She's always all smiles, no matter what happens.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- das
- Singular Form
- das Honigkuchenpferd
- Plural Form
- die Honigkuchenpferde
Related words
- Vorkommen
happen
- erfolgen
happen
- geschehen
happen
- passieren
happen
- einfallen
happens
- passieren
happened
- zufallen
to happen
- zupasskommen
to happen
- zustoßen
to happen
- ereignen
to happen
- widerfahren
to happen to
- unterlaufen
to happen
- hergehen
to happen
- bappen
to happen
- zukommen
to happen
- begeben
to happen
- Tragöde
Tragic figure
- Vorausahnung
A premonition is a feeling or intuition that something will happen in the future, often without concrete evidence.
- Vorahnung
Premonition, foreboding
- Holocaustleugnung
Holocaust denial is the assertion that the Holocaust, the genocide of Jews by Nazi Germany, did not happen or is greatly exaggerated.
- zustoßen
Happen
- ahnen
To suspect, to sense
- mutmaßen
to speculate
- eintreffen
to arrive, to happen
- in den Rücken fallen
To stab someone in the back means to betray or harm someone secretly, especially through actions that happen in secret.
- ergehen
To fare; to happen
- ein Hühnchen rupfen
To have a bone to pick with someone
- ausbleiben
To fail to happen or appear as expected.
- blind vor Wut sein
To be blind with rage means someone is so angry that they can no longer think clearly or act rationally.
- jäh
Sudden means happening quickly and unexpectedly.
- unpersönlich
Impersonal means that something happens without a personal touch or warmth; distant and formal.
- graduell
gradual
- wahrhaftig
Truly
- photovoltaisch
Photovoltaic refers to the conversion of light into electrical energy through the photoelectric effect, as happens in solar cells.
- unwillkürlich
Involuntary means happening without conscious control or intention.
- desmal
for the tenth time
- ungeschehen
Undone, unhappened
- sekündlich
Sekündlich means that something happens or occurs every second.
- sequenziell
Sequential means that something happens in a specific order or sequence.
- unwandelbar
immutable
- Unglück
Misfortune, disaster
- zwanzigminütig
Twenty-minute means that something lasts twenty minutes or happens every twenty minutes.
- Vorausblende
A flashforward is a narrative technique where an event that happens later in the plot is shown to create suspense or foreshadow information.
- Bewachung
Guarding means protecting or monitoring something or someone to ensure that nothing bad happens.
- Gegebenheit
A circumstance is a fact that exists or has happened.
- abwarten
to wait and see
- Vorgefühl
Premonition, hunch
- Sekundenschnelle
In a matter of seconds means that something happens very quickly, within seconds.
Example sentences with “Happen”
Was ist passiert? (What happened?)
Frequently asked questions
Are 'passieren' and 'geschehen' interchangeable?
Yes, they are mostly synonymous, though 'geschehen' can sound slightly more formal.