geschéien

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German giskehan, prefixed form of skehan, from Proto-Germanic *skehaną. Cognate with German geschehen, Dutch geschieden. From the earliest records of Central Franconian, the verb combines a strong preterite with a weak past participle (versus other High German strong and Dutch/Low German weak forms).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeˈʃei̯en/, [ɡəˈʃɜɪ̯.ən]
• Rhymes: -ɜɪən

Verb

geschéien (third-person singular present geschitt, preterite geschouch, past participle geschitt, auxiliary verb sinn)

1. (intransitive, impersonal) to happen, to occur

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• Geschicht
• schécken