hända

== Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish hænda, from Old Norse henda, from Proto-Germanic *handijaną. === Pronunciation === === Verb === hända (present händer, preterite hände, supine hänt, imperative händ) (intransitive) to happen; chiefly what happens quickly or for a short time (transitive) to happen to (someone) ==== Usage notes ==== Present participle is rarely used. For adjectival use it is almost always replaced with som händer (literally “which happens”) (preceded by the noun or pronoun), and for nominal use it is normally replaced with händelse. Swedish does not use the present participle for the continuous aspect. The transitive sense is only used in the active voice. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== ske äga rum inträffa ==== Derived terms ==== det kan hända händelse händer och fötter ==== See also ==== försiggå === References === “hända”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “hända”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “hända”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === hädan