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gschegn

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Etymology

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From Middle High German geschegen, geschēn, geschehen, from Old High German giskehan, scehan, from Proto-West Germanic *skehan, from Proto-Germanic *skehaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (to move quickly, jump).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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gschegn (past participle gschegn)

  1. (intransitive) to occur; to happen
    Synonym: passiern
    Wia håd'n des gschegn kenna?How could that have happened?
  2. (intransitive, with mit or with bare dative) to happen to (someone)
    Synonym: passiern
    Wås gschiecht'n jetz mit erna?What is going to happen to them now?
  3. (impersonal, with dative and recht) to serve (someone) right (in this construction passiern is not possible)
    Des gschiecht da recht!Serves you right!

Conjugation

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Conjugation of gschegn
infinitive gschegn
past participle gschegn
present past subjunctive
1st person singular gschiech - gschiechad
2nd person singular gschiechst - gschiechadst
3rd person singular gschiecht - gschiechad
1st person plural gschegn - gschiechadn
2nd person plural gschegts - gschiechats
3rd person plural gschegn - gschiechadn
imperative
singular gschiech
plural gschiechts