ereignen
German, verb/ɛʁˈaɪ̯ɡnən/
ereignen is spelled E-R-E-I-G-N-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,097th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ereignen is a German verb meaning “to occur, happen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “geschehen”.
What does ereignen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to occur, happen
Es hat sich wie folgt ereignet.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. geschehen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ereignen
- ereignet present singular third-person
- ereignete past
- haben auxiliary
- ereignend participle present
- ereigne first-person indicative present
- ereignest indicative present second-person
- ereigneten first-person indicative plural
- ereignetest indicative preterite second-person
- ereignetet indicative plural preterite
- habe ereignet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben ereignet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- ereignet haben active infinitive perfect
- zu ereignen active extended infinitive
- ereignet zu haben active extended infinitive
- er/sie/es ereignet third-person singular present
- er/sie/es ereigne third-person singular present
- sie ereignen third-person plural present
- er/sie/es ereignete third-person singular past
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ereignen?
- /ɛʁˈaɪ̯ɡnən/
- [ʔɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯.ɡnən]
- [-ˈʔaɪ̯k.nən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ereignen in German?
ereignen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).