ereignen

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German

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Etymology

With 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

  • IPA(key): /ɛrˈaɪ̯ɡnən/, , , (northern)
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Verb

ereignen (weak, third-person singular present ereignet, past tense ereignete, past participle ereignet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive, impersonal, formal) to occur, happen
    Synonyms: geschehen, passieren, vorfallen, stattfinden
    Es hat sich wie folgt ereignet.
    It happened as follows.

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Further reading

  • ereignen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • ereignen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • ereignen” in Duden online
  • ereignen” in OpenThesaurus.de