German Verb Conjugation
GESCHEHEN (to happen) - Indicative
GESCHEHEN (intransitive, impersonal verb):
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PRINCIPAL PARTS (helping verb sein):
geschehen (geschieht) | geschah | ist geschehen
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| GESCHEHEN (to happen, occur) | |
| Indicative Forms | |
| Note: German has no present progressive tense. The German present es geschieht can mean either "it happens" or "it is happening" in English, depending on the context. | |
| DEUTSCH | ENGLISH |
| PRESENT | |
| es geschieht | it happens, is happening |
| sie geschehen | they happen, are happening |
| Note: The "impersonal" verb geschehen is used only in the third person (singular or plural). | |
| SIMPLE PAST (Imperfekt) | |
| es geschah | it happened |
| sie geschahen | they happened |
| PRES. PERFECT (Perfekt) | |
| es ist geschehen | it happened, has happened |
| sie sind geschehen | they happened, have happened |
| PAST PERFECT (Plusquamperfekt) | |
| es war geschehen | it had happened |
| sie waren geschehen | they had happened |
| FUTURE | |
| es wird geschehen | it will happen |
| sie werden geschehen | they will happen |
| FUTURE PERFECT | |
| es wird geschehen sein | it will have happened |
| sie werden geschehen sein | they will have happened |
| Examples: Was geschieht denn hier? What's going on here? Sein Unfall ist am 17. Juli geschehen. His accident occured on the 17th of July. Das geschieht ihr recht. It serves her right. |
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