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Bavarian
Etymology
From Middle High German geschegen, geschēn, geschehen, from Old High German giskehan, scehan, from Proto-West Germanic *skehan, from Proto-Germanic *skehaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to move quickly, jump”).
Pronunciation
Verb
gschegn (past participle gschegn)
- (intransitive) to occur; to happen
- Synonym: passiern
- Wia håd'n des gschegn kenna? ― How could that have happened?
- (intransitive, with mit or with bare dative) to happen to (someone)
- Synonym: passiern
- Wås gschiecht'n jetz mit erna? ― What is going to happen to them now?
- (impersonal, with dative and recht) to serve (someone) right (in this construction passiern is not possible)
- Des gschiecht da recht! ― Serves you right!
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