happen

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• /ˈhæpən/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 P AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English happenen, hapnen, augmented from Middle English happen (“to come to pass, happen”), perhaps from Old English hæppan (“to move accidentally, slip”) and/or from Old Norse *happa, *heppa, from Proto-Germanic *hampijaną (“to fit in, be fitting”). Equivalent to hap (“a chance, occurrence, byfall”) + -en (verbal suffix).

251 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: aangaan — to occur
• Albanian: ndodh — to occur
• Arabic: حَدَثَ (ḥadaṯa) — to occur
• Arabic: جَرَى (jarā) — to occur
• Arabic: حَصَلَ (ḥaṣala) — to occur
• Arabic: وَقَعَ (waqaʕa) — to occur
• Arabic: حصل (ḥaṣal) — to occur
• Arabic: صار (ṣār) — to occur
• Arabic: حصل (ḥaṣal) — to occur
• Arabic: وقع (uqəʕ) — to occur
• Arabic: صار (ṣār) — to occur
• Aramaic: הוי (hwy) — to occur
• Armenian: պատահել (patahel) — to occur
• Assamese: ঘটা (ghota) — to occur
• Azerbaijani: vaqe olmaq — to occur
• Azerbaijani: olmaq — to occur
• Bashkir: булыу (bulıw) — to occur
• Basque: gertatu — to occur
• Basque: bururatu — to occur
• Belarusian: здара́цца (zdarácca) — to occur
• Belarusian: зда́рыцца (zdárycca) — to occur
• Belarusian: адбыва́цца (adbyvácca) — to occur
• Belarusian: адбы́цца (adbýcca) — to occur
• Belarusian: трапля́цца (trapljácca) — to occur
• Belarusian: тра́піцца (trápicca) — to occur
• Bengali: ঘটা (ghoṭa) — to occur
• Bulgarian: слу́чвам се (slúčvam se) — to occur
• Bulgarian: ста́вам (stávam) — to occur
• Burmese: ဖြစ် (hprac) — to occur
• Catalan: passar — to occur
• Catalan: ocórrer — to occur
• Catalan: succeir — to occur
• Cherokee: ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᎭ (nigalisdiha) — to occur
• Chinese Cantonese: 發生 /发生 — to occur
• Chinese Mandarin: 發生 /发生 (fāshēng) — to occur
• Maore Comorian: uhidjiri — to occur
• Ngazidja Comorian: uhundra — to occur
• Czech: stát se — to occur
• Czech: dít se — to occur
• Czech: dějít se — to occur
• Danish: ske — to occur
• Danish: hænde — to occur
• Danish: indtræffe — to occur
• Danish: forefalde — to occur
• Dutch: gebeuren — to occur
• Esperanto: okazi — to occur
• Estonian: juhtuma — to occur
• Estonian: toimuma — to occur
• Faroese: henda — to occur
• Faroese: gerast — to occur
• Finnish: tapahtua — to occur
• Finnish: käydä — to occur
• Finnish: sattua — to occur
• French: arriver — to occur
• French: se produire — to occur
• French: se passer — to occur
• French: advenir — to occur
• Galician: suceder — to occur
• Galician: pasar — to occur
• Galician: ocorrer — to occur
• Galician: acontecer — to occur
• Galician: avir — to occur
• Galician: adergar — to occur
• Galician: callar — to occur
• Galician: acaescer — to occur
• Gallurese: avviné — to occur
• Georgian: მოხდომა (moxdoma) — to occur
• German: geschehen — to occur
• German: passieren — to occur
• German: sich ereignen — to occur
• German: stattfinden — to occur
• German: vorfallen — to occur
• German: passiere — to occur
• Greek: συμβαίνω (symvaíno) — to occur
• Greek: γίνομαι (gínomai) — to occur
• Greek: τυχαίνω (tychaíno) — to occur
• Greek: λαχαίνω (lachaíno) — to occur
• Greek: τυγχάνω (tyncháno) — to occur
• Greek: διαδραματίζομαι (diadramatízomai) — to occur
• Greek: σημειώνομαι (simeiónomai) — to occur
• Ancient Greek: τυγχάνω (tunkhánō) — to occur
• Ancient Greek: συμφέρω (sumphérō) — to occur
• Mbya Guarani: iko — to occur
• Hawaiian: hana — to occur
• Hawaiian: loʻohia — to occur
• Hebrew: קָרָה (kará) — to occur
• Hebrew: הָלַךְ (halákh) — to occur
• Hebrew: הִתְרַחֵשׁ (hitrakhésh) — to occur
• Hindi: बीतना (bītnā) — to occur
• Hungarian: történik — to occur
• Hungarian: megtörténik — to occur
• Hungarian: megesik — to occur
• Icelandic: bera við — to occur
• Icelandic: henda — to occur
• Icelandic: verða — to occur
• Icelandic: vilja til — to occur
• Icelandic: gerast — to occur
• Ido: eventar — to occur
• Indonesian: terjadi — to occur
• Ingrian: tapahtua — to occur
• Irish: tarlaigh — to occur
• Old Irish: ad·cumaing — to occur
• Old Irish: do·ecmaing — to occur
• Old Irish: for·cumaing — to occur
• Italian: accadere — to occur
• Italian: succedere — to occur
• Italian: occorrere — to occur
• Jamaican Creole: apm — to occur
• Japanese: 起こる (okoru) — to occur
• Japanese: 起る (okoru) — to occur
• Kaitag: арга́ра (argára) — to occur
• Kazakh: болу (bolu) — to occur
• Khmer: កើតឡើង (kaət laəng) — to occur
• Khmer: កើត (kaət) — to occur
• Korean: 일어나다 (ireonada) — to occur
• Korean: 발생하다 (balsaenghada) — to occur
• Kyrgyz: болуу (boluu) — to occur
• Ladino: afitar — to occur
• Lao: ບັງເກີດ (bang kœ̄t) — to occur
• Lao: ເກີດ (kœ̄t) — to occur
• Lao: ເປັນ (pen) — to occur
• Latin: fiō — to occur
• Latin: accidō — to occur
• Latin: contingo — to occur
• Latin: evenio — to occur
• Latin: cado — to occur
• Latin: intercido — to occur
• Latin: eo — to occur
• Latvian: notikt — to occur
• Lithuanian: atsitikti — to occur
• Lithuanian: vykti — to occur
• Lithuanian: įvykti — to occur
• Luhya: esihole — to occur
• Macedonian: се случува (se slučuva) — to occur
• Macedonian: се случи (se sluči) — to occur
• Māori: ahatia — to occur
• Mongolian: болох (bolox) — to occur
• Mongolian: тохиолдох (toxioldox) — to occur
• Khiamniungan Naga: thǖvâu — to occur
• Nigerian Pidgin: happun — to occur
• Norwegian: inntreffe — to occur
• Norwegian: skje — to occur
• Norwegian: hende — to occur
• Norwegian Bokmål: foregå — to occur
• Old English: ġelimpan — to occur
• Old English: weorþan — to occur
• Old English: ġebyrian — to occur
• Old English: ġetīmian — to occur
• Old Turkic: 𐰉𐰆𐰞 (bol-) — to occur
• Pannonian Rusyn: случиц (slučic) — to occur
• Pannonian Rusyn: случовац (slučovac) — to occur
• Pannonian Rusyn: трафиц (trafic) — to occur
• Pannonian Rusyn: трафяц (trafjac) — to occur
• Pannonian Rusyn: збуц (zbuc) — to occur
• Pannonian Rusyn: збувац (zbuvac) — to occur
• Pannonian Rusyn: стац (stac) — to occur
• Pannonian Rusyn: ставац (stavac) — to occur
• Persian: روی دادن (ruy dâdan) — to occur
• Persian: اتفاق افتادن (ettefâq oftâdan) — to occur
• Persian: واقع شدن (vâqe' šodan) — to occur
• Persian: پیشامد کردن (pišâmad kardan) — to occur
• Polish: zdarzać się — to occur
• Polish: zdarzyć się — to occur
• Polish: wydarzać się — to occur
• Polish: wydarzyć się — to occur
• Polish: dziać się — to occur
• Polish: stać się — to occur
• Polish: trafiać się — to occur
• Polish: trafić się — to occur
• Portuguese: acontecer — to occur
• Portuguese: suceder — to occur
• Portuguese: ocorrer — to occur
• Quechua: tukuy — to occur
• Romagnol: cadér — to occur
• Romanian: întâmpla — to occur
• Romanian: petrece — to occur
• Russian: происходи́ть (proisxodítʹ) — to occur
• Russian: произойти́ (proizojtí) — to occur
• Russian: случа́ться (slučátʹsja) — to occur
• Russian: случи́ться (slučítʹsja) — to occur
• Russian: состоя́ться (sostojátʹsja) — to occur
• Campidanese Sardinian: accadésseri — to occur
• Campidanese Sardinian: sutzediri — to occur
• Sardinian: sutzèdere — to occur
• Sassarese: accadí — to occur
• Scottish Gaelic: tachair — to occur
• Scottish Gaelic: turchair — to occur
• Scottish Gaelic: tàrlaidh — to occur
• Serbo-Croatian: догодити се — to occur
• Serbo-Croatian: десити се — to occur
• Serbo-Croatian: dogoditi se — to occur
• Serbo-Croatian: desiti se — to occur
• Seri: aaha — to occur
• Slovak: stať sa — to occur
• Slovak: udiať sa — to occur
• Slovene: zgodíti se — to occur
• Spanish: suceder — to occur
• Spanish: acaecer — to occur
• Spanish: acontecer — to occur
• Swahili: kutukia — to occur
• Swahili: kutokea — to occur
• Swedish: hända — to occur
• Swedish: ske — to occur
• Swedish: inträffa — to occur
• Swedish: äga rum — to occur
• Swedish: förekomma — to occur
• Tagalog: mangyari — to occur
• Tajik: рӯй додан (rüy dodan) — to occur
• Tajik: воқеъ шудан (voqe' šudan) — to occur
• Tajik: иттифоқ афтодан (ittifoq aftodan) — to occur
• Tamil: ஆகு (āku) — to occur
• Tamil: நட (naṭa) — to occur
• Thai: เกิด (gə̀ət) — to occur
• Tibetan: བྱུང (byung) — to occur
• Turkish: olmak — to occur
• Turkish: oluşmak — to occur
• Turkish: yer bulmak — to occur
• Turkish: meydana gelmek — to occur
• Turkish: teşekkül etmek — to occur
• Turkish: vuku bulmak — to occur
• Turkish: vaki olmak — to occur
• Turkish: gerçekleşmek — to occur
• Turkish: tahakkuk etmek — to occur
• Turkmen: bolmak — to occur
• Ukrainian: става́тися (stavátysja) — to occur
• Ukrainian: ста́тися (státysja) — to occur
• Ukrainian: трапля́тися (trapljátysja) — to occur
• Ukrainian: тра́питися (trápytysja) — to occur
• Ukrainian: відбува́тися (vidbuvátysja) — to occur
• Ukrainian: відбу́тися (vidbútysja) — to occur
• Ukrainian: чини́тися (čynýtysja) — to occur
• Ukrainian: учини́тися (učynýtysja) — to occur
• Ukrainian: зчини́тися (zčynýtysja) — to occur
• Ukrainian: роби́тися (robýtysja) — to occur
• Ukrainian: зроби́тися (zrobýtysja) — to occur
• Urdu: بیتنا (bītnā) — to occur
• Urdu: ہونا (honā) — to occur
• Uyghur: يۈز بەرمەك (yüz bermek) — to occur
• Uzbek: boʻlmoq — to occur
• Uzbek: voqe boʻlmoq — to occur
• Uzbek: yuz bermoq — to occur
• Vietnamese: xảy ra — to occur
• Vietnamese: xảy đến — to occur
• Volapük: jenön — to occur
• Walloon: ariver — to occur
• Walloon: sorvini — to occur
• Walloon: si passer — to occur
• Welsh: digwydd — to occur
• Yiddish: געשען (geshen) — to occur
• Finnish: sattua — to occur by chance, unexpectedly
• Polish: przypadkiem — to occur by chance, unexpectedly