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”. Equivalent to er- +‎ Auge +‎ -en. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛʁˈaɪ̯ɡnən/, [ʔɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯.ɡnən], [-ˈʔaɪ̯k.nən], (northern) [-ˈʔaɪ̯ç.nən] === Verb === ereignen (weak, third-person singular present ereignet, past tense ereignete, past participle ereignet, auxiliary haben) (reflexive, impersonal, formal) to occur, happen Synonyms: geschehen, passieren, vorfallen, stattfinden ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Ereignis === Further reading === “ereignen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “ereignen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “ereignen” in Duden online “ereignen” in OpenThesaurus.de