passieren
A2to happen, occur
- English meaning
- to happen, occur
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passieren in a sentence
Wie ist der Unfall passiert?
How did the accident happen?
Conjugation of passieren
- Simple past (er/sie/es)
- passierte
- Perfect
- ist passiert
Word family
passieren is built from der Pass (passport). German builds meaning by welding words together, so knowing the parts usually gives you the whole.
Where passieren comes from
von französisch passer; am nächsten verwandt mit passen, zudem aber unter anderem auch verwandt mit Passage und Passant
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Questions about passieren
How do you conjugate passieren?
Present tense: passiere, passierst, passiert, passieren, passiert, passieren. Simple past: passierte. Perfect: ist passiert.
What does passieren mean in English?
passieren means "to happen, occur". For example: "Wie ist der Unfall passiert?" — "How did the accident happen?"
What level is passieren in German?
passieren is a A2 word — a2 — elementary. It belongs to the emergencies & first aid vocabulary.
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