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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish hænda, from Old Norse henda, from Proto-Germanic *handijaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
hända (present händer, preterite hände, supine hänt, imperative händ)
- (intransitive) to happen; chiefly what happens quickly or for a short time
- (transitive) to happen to (someone)
Jag försov mig och missade hela morgonmötet! Hur kunde det här hända mig?- I overslept and missed the whole morning meeting! How could this happen to me?
Usage notes
- Present participle is rarely used. For adjectival use it is almost always replaced with som händer (literally “which happens”) (preceded by the noun or pronoun), and for nominal use it is normally replaced with händelse. Swedish does not use the present participle for the continuous aspect.
- The transitive sense is only used in the active voice.
Conjugation
Conjugation of hända (weak)
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