geschehen

Etymology
From, , , from , , from. Cognate to 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to occur; to happen
 * 2)  to happen
 * 3)  to serve right, to be deserved
 * 1)  to happen
 * 2)  to serve right, to be deserved
 * 1)  to serve right, to be deserved
 * 1)  to serve right, to be deserved
 * 1)  to serve right, to be deserved

Usage notes

 * Only third-person forms of this verb are common. First and second-person forms are very rare, though not impossible. For example, one could say in poetic speech: O Unglück! Wenn du geschiehst, dann geschieh bald! (“O misfortune! If thou happenest, then happen soon!”)
 * In most regions, geschehen is rather formal, with being the more normal word for “to happen”.

Participle

 * 1)  over, lost, done for, doomed, dead
 * 1)  over, lost, done for, doomed, dead