Meaning

1 senses
  1. (dialectal, not comparable, obsolete)Maybe, perhaps.

Examples

15992 sentences
  1. I didn't want this to happen.

    Я не бажав, щоб так трапилось. — zinova

    ruЯ не хотел, чтобы это случилось. — al_ex_an_der

    deIch wollte nicht, dass das passiert. — MUIRIEL

  2. It happened a long time ago.

    Це трапилося дуже давно. — deniko

    ruЭто произошло давным-давно. — Hellerick

    deEs ist vor langer Zeit passiert. — MUIRIEL

  3. Something terrible is about to happen.

    Зараз трапиться щось жахливе. — deniko

    ruДолжно произойти что-то ужасное. — Lenin_1917

    deEtwas Schreckliches wird geschehen. — Manfredo

  4. Why does everything happen to me?

    Чому все відбувається саме зі мною? — deniko

    ruПочему всё происходит именно со мной? — marafon

    deWarum passiert immer alles mir? — raggione

  5. The accident happened two hours ago.

    Аварія сталася дві години тому. — aandrusiak

    ruАвария произошла два часа назад. — marafon

    deDer Unfall ist vor zwei Stunden passiert. — samueldora

Origin

From Middle English happenen, hapnen, augmented from Middle English happen (“to come to pa

From Middle English happenen, hapnen, augmented from Middle English happen (“to come to pass, happen”), perhaps from Old English hæppan (“to move accidentally, slip”) and/or from Old Norse *happa, *heppa, from Proto-Germanic *hampijaną (“to fit in, be fitting”). Equivalent to hap (“a chance, occurrence, byfall”) + -en (verbal suffix).

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Collocations

12 patterns
  • going to happen
  • about what happened
  • what had happened
  • what happened to
  • know what happened
  • happen again
  • what might happen
  • for what happened
  • what was happening
  • remember what happened
  • this would happen
  • what happened here

See also

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