widerfahren

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German widervarn, from Old High German widarfaran, from Proto-West Germanic *wiþarfaran. Equivalent to wider- +‎ fahren. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˌvidɐˈfaːʁən] Hyphenation: wi‧der‧fah‧ren === Verb === widerfahren (class 6 strong, third-person singular present widerfährt, past tense widerfuhr, past participle widerfahren, past subjunctive widerführe, auxiliary sein) (formal, impersonal) to befall, to happen to [with dative ‘someone’] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Widerfahren Widerfahrung === Further reading === “widerfahren”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “widerfahren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “widerfahren” in Duden online “widerfahren” in OpenThesaurus.de