gebeuren
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣəˈbøːrə(n)/
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Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch geburen, from Old Dutch geburien (“to happen, occur”), from Proto-Germanic *gaburjaną. Equivalent to ge- + beuren. Cognate with German Low German geböhren (“to happen”), West Frisian barre (“to happen”), Old English ġebyrian (“to happen”).
Verb
gebeuren
- (intransitive) to happen
Inflection
| Inflection of gebeuren (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | gebeuren | |||
| past singular | gebeurde | |||
| past participle | gebeurd | |||
| infinitive | gebeuren | |||
| gerund | gebeuren n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | gebeur | gebeurde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | gebeurt | gebeurde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | gebeurt | gebeurde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | gebeurt | gebeurde | ||
| 3rd person singular | gebeurt | gebeurde | ||
| plural | gebeuren | gebeurden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | gebeure | gebeurde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | gebeuren | gebeurden | ||
| imperative sing. | gebeur | |||
| imperative plur.1 | gebeurt | |||
| participles | gebeurend | gebeurd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- gebeurtenis
- gebeuring
Related terms
Etymology 2
Gerund of the verb gebeuren.
Noun
gebeuren n (uncountable)
- Something which is happening or which happened; event
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