From Middle Dutch geburen, from Old Dutch geburien (“to happen, occur”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaburjan, from Proto-Germanic *gaburjaną. Equivalent to ge- + beuren.
Cognate with West Frisian barre (“to happen”) and German gebühren (“to be due, owed”); further with Low German geböhren and Old English ġebyrian, which show both of these senses.
gebeuren
| Conjugation of gebeuren (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | gebeuren | |||
| past singular | gebeurde | |||
| past participle | gebeurd | |||
| infinitive | gebeuren | |||
| gerund | gebeuren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | gebeur | gebeurde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | gebeurt, gebeur2 | 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. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Gerund of the verb gebeuren.
gebeuren n (uncountable)