I have been trying to figure this out for days. Does it mean something happened or shined or neither? Thanks.
2007-04-05 12:39:10 · 5 answers · asked by krumlov 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Thanks guys. I found it in a Silbermond song called Symphonie . The song begins with this "Sag mir was ist bloß um uns geschehn." It was driving me crazy because I understood every other word but this one. Since it is not capitalized then it's a verb and I am guessing means "Tell me what is bare and has happened around us"
2007-04-05 16:37:50 · update #1
The way you spell it, with an upper case initial, it's a noun: "das Geschehen" is a slightly old fashioned word meaning "occurrence" or "events".
As a verb, "geschehen" means "to happen, to occur"; the same form is also the past participle, relating to something that has happened or occurred.
2007-04-05 14:19:18 · answer #1 · answered by Sterz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first guy got it right---it means happen. One thing though---it's spelled "geschehen". Where did you find/hear that word?
2007-04-05 12:56:57 · answer #2 · answered by comedycatalyst 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Was ist geschehen? What has happened?
To occur, to happen.
2007-04-05 13:00:17 · answer #3 · answered by GreenEyes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means Happen.
2007-04-05 12:45:22 · answer #4 · answered by zerpaconcept 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means "happen" or "happened".
It's spelled geschehen.
2007-04-05 16:10:21 · answer #5 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋