ereignen

German

Alternative forms
  • eräugnen, eräugen, ereugnen, ereugen

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”. Originally equivalent to er- +‎ Auge +‎ -en, now reanalysable as er- +‎ eignen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛrˈaɪ̯ɡnən/, [ʔɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯.ɡnən], [-ˈʔaɪ̯k.nən], (northern) [-ˈʔaɪ̯ç.nən]
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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.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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