passiert
German, verb/paˈsiːɐ̯t/
passiert is spelled P-A-S-S-I-E-R-T (8 letters) and appears 158 times per million words in written German, the 547th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Passiert is a German verb meaning “it happens” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present of passieren.
What does passiert mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sieved
passierte Tomaten in der Tube
verb
- 1
it happens
- 2
third-person singular present
- 3
second-person plural present
- 4
plural imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of passieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. durch ein feinmaschiges Sieb oder ein Tuch gestrichen
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 passiert
- passierter masculine nominative singular
- passierte feminine nominative singular
- passiertes neuter nominative singular
- passierten genitive masculine singular
- passiertem dative masculine singular
- der passierte definite includes-article masculine
- die passierte definite feminine includes-article
- das passierte definite includes-article neuter
- die passierten definite includes-article nominative
- des passierten definite genitive includes-article
- der passierten definite feminine genitive
- dem passierten dative definite includes-article
- den passierten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce passiert?
- /paˈsiːɐ̯t/
- [paˈsiːɐ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is passiert in German?
passiert appears 158 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).