OriginFrom Old Swedish hænda, from Old Norse henda, from Proto-Germanic *handijaną.
- intransitiveto happen; chiefly what happens quickly or for a short time
“Vad hände?” — What happened?
“Vad som helst kan hända” — Anything can happen
- transitiveto happen to (someone)
“Jag försov mig och missade hela morgonmötet! Hur kunde det här hända mig?” — I overslept and missed the whole morning meeting! How could this happen to me?
Formshänder(present) · hände(preterite) · hänt(supine) · händ(imperative) · hända(active, infinitive) · händas(infinitive, passive) · hänt(active, supine) · hänts(passive, supine) · händ(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · händen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · händer(active, indicative, present) · hände(active, indicative, past) · händs(indicative, passive, present) · händes(indicative, passive, present) · händes(indicative, passive, past) · hända(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · hände(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · händas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present)