ereignen
German
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editEtymology
editWith dialectal unrounding from eräugnen, itself with intrusive -n- from eräugen, from Middle High German eröugen, from Old High German irougen (“to show”). Es ereignet sich is thus “it shows itself”. Equivalent to er- + Auge + -en.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editereignen (weak, third-person singular present ereignet, past tense ereignete, past participle ereignet, auxiliary haben)
- (reflexive, impersonal, formal) to occur, happen
- Synonyms: geschehen, passieren, vorfallen, stattfinden
- Es hat sich wie folgt ereignet.
- It happened as follows.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | ereignen | ||||
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present participle | ereignend | ||||
past participle | ereignet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich ereigne | wir ereignen | i | ich ereigne | wir ereignen |
du ereignest | ihr ereignet | du ereignest | ihr ereignet | ||
er ereignet | sie ereignen | er ereigne | sie ereignen | ||
preterite | ich ereignete | wir ereigneten | ii | ich ereignete1 | wir ereigneten1 |
du ereignetest | ihr ereignetet | du ereignetest1 | ihr ereignetet1 | ||
er ereignete | sie ereigneten | er ereignete1 | sie ereigneten1 | ||
imperative | ereigne (du) | ereignet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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