gebeuren

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣəˈbøːrə(n)/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch geburen, from Old Dutch geburien (“to happen, occur”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaburjan, from Proto-Germanic *gaburjaną. Equivalent to ge- +‎ beuren. Cognate with West Frisian barre (“to happen”) and German gebühren (“to be due, owed”); further with Low German geböhren and Old English ġebyrian, which show both of these senses. ==== Verb ==== gebeuren (intransitive) to happen ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== gebeurtenis gebeuring ===== Related terms ===== beurt beuren === Etymology 2 === Gerund of the verb gebeuren. ==== Noun ==== gebeuren n (uncountable, no diminutive) something which is happening or which happened; event