happen

[US]/ˈhæpən/
[UK]/ˈhæpən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. ske og resultere i noget, træde i kraft; ske ved et tilfælde, tilfældigt.
Word Forms
Past Participlehappened
Past Tensehappened
Third Person Singularhappens
Present Participlehappening
Pluralhappens

Phrases & Collocations

what's happening

hvad sker der

accident happened

der skete en ulykke

happen to be

ske for at være

as it happens

som det sker

happen on

ske på

happen to meet

ske at møde

happen to coincide

sker at falde sammen

Example Sentences

It will happen sometime and somewhere.

Det vil ske på et tidspunkt og et eller andet sted.

there happens to be a clash of personalities.

der sker tilfældigvis et sammenstød af personligheder.

happened to be in the neighborhood.

Det skete at være i nabolaget.

a happening of no great importance.

en begivenhed af ingen stor betydning.

happen upon sb. in the street

snuble over nogen på gaden

Look to it that this doesn't happen again.

Sørg for, at det ikke sker igen.

My correspondence happens to be rigidly controlled.

Min korrespondance er underlagt streng kontrol.

It happened on January the seventeenth.

Det skete den syttende januar.

It happened on November first.

Det skete den første november.

happen I'll go back just for a while.

tilfældigvis vil jeg vende tilbage bare et øjeblik.

nightclubs for the young are the happening thing.

natklubber for de unge er det hotteste lige nu.

it happened late in 1984.

Det skete sent i 1984.

a lot can happen in eight months.

der kan ske meget på otte måneder.

wondering what would happen next.

og spekulerede på, hvad der ville ske næste gang.

accidents can happen to the unwary traveller.

ulykker kan ske for den uforberedte rejsende.

It hasn't happened in my memory.

Det er ikke sket i min erindring.

It happened prior to my arrival.

Det skete før min ankomst.

It so happens that I know the man.

Det viser sig, at jeg kender manden.

We happened to be in the neighbourhood.

Vi tilfældigvis var i nabolaget.

The accident happened yesterday.

Ulykken skete i går.

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