"Geschehen" meaning in German

See Geschehen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡəˈʃeːən/ Audio: De-Geschehen.ogg
Rhymes: -eːən Head templates: {{de-noun|n}} Geschehen n (strong, genitive Geschehens, plural Geschehen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Geschehens [genitive], Geschehen [plural], strong [table-tags], Geschehen [nominative, singular], Geschehen [definite, nominative, plural], Geschehens [genitive, singular], Geschehen [definite, genitive, plural], Geschehen [dative, singular], Geschehen [dative, definite, plural], Geschehen [accusative, singular], Geschehen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. what is happening, what is going on Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Geschehen-de-noun-LYs4pZp7
  2. events, happenings Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Geschehen-de-noun-UtuIpP1y Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Alltagsgeschehen, Hauptgeschehen, Heilsgeschehen, Kampfgeschehen, Kriegsgeschehen, Spielgeschehen, Tagesgeschehen, Vereinsgeschehen, Weltgeschehen, Zeitgeschehen

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Nichtgeschehen"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Alltagsgeschehen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Hauptgeschehen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Heilsgeschehen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Kampfgeschehen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Kriegsgeschehen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Spielgeschehen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Tagesgeschehen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Vereinsgeschehen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Weltgeschehen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Zeitgeschehen"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Geschehens",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geschehen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geschehen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geschehen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geschehens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geschehen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geschehen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geschehen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geschehen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geschehen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Geschehen n (strong, genitive Geschehens, plural Geschehen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              38,
              47
            ]
          ],
          "english": "After the fall, she couldn't remember what had happened.",
          "text": "Nach dem Sturz konnte sie sich an das Geschehen nicht mehr erinnern.",
          "translation": "After the fall, she couldn't remember what had happened.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              90,
              100
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The decay of the Roman empire robbed the city of Rome of the old position as the center of all that was happening.",
          "ref": "1931, Gebhard Mehring, Schrift und Schrifttum, Silberburg-Verlag, page 13:",
          "text": "Der Zerfall des Römerreiches raubte der Stadt Rom die alte Stellung als Mittelpunkt alles Geschehens.",
          "translation": "The decay of the Roman empire robbed the city of Rome of the old position as the center of all that was happening.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what is happening, what is going on"
      ],
      "id": "en-Geschehen-de-noun-LYs4pZp7",
      "links": [
        [
          "happening",
          "happening"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The sporting events during the world championships were followed by many journalists.",
          "text": "Das sportliche Geschehen während der Weltmeisterschaften wurde von vielen Journalisten verfolgt.",
          "translation": "The sporting events during the world championships were followed by many journalists.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "events, happenings"
      ],
      "id": "en-Geschehen-de-noun-UtuIpP1y",
      "links": [
        [
          "events",
          "events"
        ],
        [
          "happenings",
          "happenings"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡəˈʃeːən/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːən"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Geschehen.ogg",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Geschehen"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Nichtgeschehen"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:German/eːən",
    "Rhymes:German/eːən/3 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Alltagsgeschehen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hauptgeschehen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heilsgeschehen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kampfgeschehen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kriegsgeschehen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spielgeschehen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tagesgeschehen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vereinsgeschehen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weltgeschehen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zeitgeschehen"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Geschehens",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geschehen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geschehen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geschehen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geschehens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geschehen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geschehen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geschehen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geschehen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geschehen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Geschehen n (strong, genitive Geschehens, plural Geschehen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with quotations",
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              38,
              47
            ]
          ],
          "english": "After the fall, she couldn't remember what had happened.",
          "text": "Nach dem Sturz konnte sie sich an das Geschehen nicht mehr erinnern.",
          "translation": "After the fall, she couldn't remember what had happened.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              90,
              100
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The decay of the Roman empire robbed the city of Rome of the old position as the center of all that was happening.",
          "ref": "1931, Gebhard Mehring, Schrift und Schrifttum, Silberburg-Verlag, page 13:",
          "text": "Der Zerfall des Römerreiches raubte der Stadt Rom die alte Stellung als Mittelpunkt alles Geschehens.",
          "translation": "The decay of the Roman empire robbed the city of Rome of the old position as the center of all that was happening.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what is happening, what is going on"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "happening",
          "happening"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The sporting events during the world championships were followed by many journalists.",
          "text": "Das sportliche Geschehen während der Weltmeisterschaften wurde von vielen Journalisten verfolgt.",
          "translation": "The sporting events during the world championships were followed by many journalists.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "events, happenings"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "events",
          "events"
        ],
        [
          "happenings",
          "happenings"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡəˈʃeːən/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːən"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Geschehen.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/De-Geschehen.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Geschehen"
}

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