Afrikaans gebeur | ||
Albanian ndodhin | ||
Amharic ይከሰታል | ||
Arabic تحدث | ||
Armenian առաջանալ | ||
Assamese ঘটে | ||
Aymara makiptaña | ||
Azerbaijani baş verir | ||
Bambara ka kɛ | ||
Basque gertatu | ||
Belarusian адбываюцца | ||
Bengali ঘটতে পারে | ||
Bhojpuri होखल | ||
Bosnian dogoditi se | ||
Bulgarian възникне | ||
Catalan es produeixen | ||
Cebuano mahitabo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 发生 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 發生 | ||
Corsican accade | ||
Croatian nastaju | ||
Czech nastat | ||
Danish forekomme | ||
Dhivehi ދިމާވެއެވެ | ||
Dogri घटना होना | ||
Dutch optreden | ||
English occur | ||
Esperanto okazi | ||
Estonian tekkida | ||
Ewe dzᴐ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) mangyari | ||
Finnish esiintyä | ||
French se produire | ||
Frisian foarkomme | ||
Galician ocorrer | ||
Georgian მოხდეს | ||
German auftreten | ||
Greek συμβούν | ||
Guarani oiko | ||
Gujarati થાય છે | ||
Haitian Creole rive | ||
Hausa faruwa | ||
Hawaiian hanana | ||
Hebrew מתרחש | ||
Hindi पाए जाते हैं | ||
Hmong tshwm sim | ||
Hungarian előfordul | ||
Icelandic eiga sér stað | ||
Igbo ime | ||
Ilocano mapasamak | ||
Indonesian terjadi | ||
Irish tarlú | ||
Italian si verificano | ||
Japanese 発生する | ||
Javanese kelakon | ||
Kannada ಸಂಭವಿಸುತ್ತದೆ | ||
Kazakh орын алады | ||
Khmer កើតឡើង | ||
Kinyarwanda bibaho | ||
Konkani घडटा | ||
Korean 나오다 | ||
Krio apin | ||
Kurdish borîn | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕوودان | ||
Kyrgyz пайда болот | ||
Lao ເກີດຂື້ນ | ||
Latin fieri | ||
Latvian rodas | ||
Lingala kosalema | ||
Lithuanian atsirasti | ||
Luganda okubeerawo | ||
Luxembourgish optrieden | ||
Macedonian се случуваат | ||
Maithili धटित | ||
Malagasy mitranga | ||
Malay berlaku | ||
Malayalam സംഭവിക്കുന്നു | ||
Maltese iseħħu | ||
Maori puta | ||
Marathi उद्भवू | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯣꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo thleng | ||
Mongolian тохиолдох | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပေါ်ပေါက်လာတယ် | ||
Nepali देखा पर्दछ | ||
Norwegian skje | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kuchitika | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଘଟେ | | ||
Oromo ta'uu | ||
Pashto پیښیږي | ||
Persian به وقوع پیوستن | ||
Polish pojawić się | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) ocorrer | ||
Punjabi ਵਾਪਰ | ||
Quechua tukuy | ||
Romanian apar | ||
Russian происходить | ||
Samoan tupu | ||
Sanskrit सम्भवते | ||
Scots Gaelic tachairt | ||
Sepedi hlaga | ||
Serbian настају | ||
Sesotho etsahala | ||
Shona kuitika | ||
Sindhi ٿئي ٿو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සිදු වේ | ||
Slovak nastať | ||
Slovenian pojavijo | ||
Somali dhacaan | ||
Spanish ocurrir | ||
Sundanese kajadian | ||
Swahili kutokea | ||
Swedish inträffa | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) mangyari | ||
Tajik рух медиҳад | ||
Tamil ஏற்படும் | ||
Tatar була | ||
Telugu సంభవిస్తుంది | ||
Thai เกิดขึ้น | ||
Tigrinya ይፍፀም | ||
Tsonga humelela | ||
Turkish meydana gelmek | ||
Turkmen bolup geçýär | ||
Twi (Akan) si gyinaeɛ | ||
Ukrainian відбуваються | ||
Urdu واقع | ||
Uyghur يۈز بېرىدۇ | ||
Uzbek sodir bo'lishi | ||
Vietnamese xảy ra | ||
Welsh digwydd | ||
Xhosa yenzeka | ||
Yiddish פּאַסירן | ||
Yoruba waye | ||
Zulu zenzeka |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "gebeur" in Afrikaans derives from the Dutch "gebeuren", which also means "to happen" or "to take place." |
| Albanian | The verb "ndodh" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰew-, meaning "to be" or "to become". |
| Amharic | The verb ይከሰታል (yekeseta) can also mean "to become" or "to be born." |
| Arabic | The verb 'حدث' (occur) in Arabic also means 'tell the story of'. |
| Azerbaijani | The verb "baş verir" in Azerbaijani can also mean "to happen, to take place, to arise, to come up". |
| Basque | The word "gertatu" also means, in another sense (of the word), "take place". |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "ঘটতে পারে" can also translate to "can happen" or "it is possible for". |
| Bosnian | "Dogoditi se" can also mean "to happen upon, to encounter". |
| Bulgarian | The word "възникне" can also mean "to arise", "to come into being". |
| Catalan | The Spanish "es produeixen" and the Catalan "es produeixen" mean entirely different things, even though they're spelled the same. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "mahitabo" has cognates in Proto-Austronesian and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, indicating its long history in the Austronesian language family. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The Chinese word "发生" (fāshēng) is also used to mean "to happen" or "to take place". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 發生 also means "to give birth to" or "to appear". |
| Corsican | The word "accade" can also be used in Corsican to mean accident, happening or event |
| Croatian | The verb "nastaju" also means "to arise" or "to come into being" in Croatian. |
| Czech | The verb "nastat" in Czech also means "to come into existence" or "to begin to exist". |
| Danish | ''Forekomme'' is a Danish word that can mean ''to occur'', ''to be found'', or ''to appear''. |
| Dutch | The word "optreden" can also mean "to perform" in Dutch, as in a musical or theatrical performance. |
| Esperanto | The word "okazi" comes from the Esperanto word "okaze", which means "to happen, occur, or take place." |
| Estonian | Tekkida originates from the German word “tech” or “Dach” which means “roof” |
| Finnish | The word "esiintyä" literally means "to show "appear" or "perform" in Finnish. |
| French | In film and theatre, the reflexive form *se produire* means “to perform, act,” while in literature it denotes “the happening of an event.” |
| Frisian | The word "foarkomme" in Frisian is derived from Old Frisian "forekuma", meaning "to come before" |
| Galician | The verb "ocorrer" derives from the Latin phrase "obcurrere", meaning "to go towards". |
| Georgian | The word "მოხდეს" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*gʰenh₁-", meaning "to strike, kill". It can also mean "to happen" or "to take place". |
| German | "Auftreten" can also mean "to appear" in the context of a stage play or other performance. |
| Greek | The word "συμβούν" can also mean "happen" or "take place." |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "થાય છે" can also mean "come to an end" or "to be over". |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "rive" is derived from the French word "river" meaning "to flow" and can also mean "to happen" or "to take place". |
| Hausa | Faruwa shares its root with faruwa ('to happen') and furuta ('to bring about'). |
| Hawaiian | The word "hanana" can also mean "to do" or "to make". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "מתרחש" ("occur") is derived from the root "ר-ח-ש" (resh-chet-shin), meaning "rustling" or "murmuring", suggesting the idea of something happening quietly or gradually. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word for occur, 'पाए जाते हैं', is a compound of the verb 'पाना' (to get) and the participle 'जाते' (to go), implying a gradual process of discovery or emergence. |
| Hmong | The word "tshwm sim" also means "appear" or "be evident". |
| Hungarian | The word "előfordul" can also mean "to happen" or "to be found". |
| Icelandic | Eiga sér stað, which means "to occur" in Icelandic, is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *sta-, meaning "to stand". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "ime" also carries the meaning of "time" or "timing," indicating both the happening and the temporal context of an event. |
| Indonesian | "Terjadi" can also mean "to take place", "to happen" or "to materialize." |
| Irish | The word "tarlú" also means "to fall out" or "to happen". |
| Italian | "If verificano" means "occur" in Italian, but it also means "are verified" and "are found". |
| Japanese | "発生する" can also mean "be born" or "take place" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "kelakon" can also refer to a "coincidence" or a "fateful encounter." |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh "орын алады" also means "to take place" or "to occur". |
| Khmer | The word កើតឡើង (keurt leueng) translates to “to occur,” “to happen,” or “to come into existence.” |
| Korean | The word "나오다" also means "come out" or "be born." |
| Kurdish | The word "borîn" also means "to create" or "to bring into existence" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "пайда болот" can also mean "to happen" or "to take place". |
| Lao | In Thai and Khmer, the word is pronounced "kit" and means to raise; to build; or to establish something. |
| Latin | In Latin, "fieri" not only means "to occur" but also "to be made" or "to become." |
| Latvian | In the sense of "to take place," the word "rodas" stems from Proto-Indo-European root *ret- (to run). |
| Lithuanian | "Atsirasti" is related to the verb "siūti" (to sew) and shares a common root with "statyti" (to build), "įsistatyti" (to install), and "įstatyti" (to put into place). |
| Luxembourgish | The verb "optrieden" is derived from the Middle High German "zutragen", meaning to approach or happen. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "се случуваат" can also mean "to take place" or "to happen". |
| Malagasy | "Mitranga" also means "to happen" or "to take place". |
| Malay | The Indonesian word "berlaku" (occur), originally meaning "be in force," shares an etymology with the Malay "berkuasa" (be powerful). |
| Malayalam | Although "സംഭവിക്കുന്നു" usually means "to occur", it can also mean "to be possible" or "to happen with certainty." |
| Maltese | The Maltese verb "iseħħu" is also used to express "to happen" or "to take place". |
| Maori | In Maori, "puta" can also mean "to appear", "to emerge", or "to be disclosed or revealed." |
| Marathi | In addition to 'occur', 'उद्भवू' can also mean 'to rise' or 'to be born'. |
| Mongolian | The word "тохиолдох" can also mean "to happen", "to chance upon", or "to come across" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | The word "देखा पर्दछ" comes from the Sanskrit verb "drish", meaning "to see". |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "skje" is cognate with English "shew" and German "geschehen" and ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰḗ-. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Kuchitika" can also mean to happen, take place, or come to pass. |
| Pashto | The word "پیښیږي" in Pashto is cognate with the Persian word "پیش آمدن" (pesh aamadan) and the Sanskrit word "प्राप्" (praap), meaning "to attain" or "to arrive." |
| Persian | "به وقوع پیوستن" means "to happen" in Persian, and it can also be used as a noun meaning "an event". Its etymology is from the Arabic/Persian word "وقوع", which means "occurrence". |
| Polish | The word "pojawić się" (occur) in Polish is derived from the word "pojaw" (appearance) and means "to appear" or "to come into view". It can also refer to a sudden or unexpected event. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Ocorrer" can also mean "to help" in Portuguese, a meaning not shared in English. |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਵਾਪਰ' (‘occur’) in Punjabi is derived from the Sanskrit word 'व्यापर्' ( व्यापार ), which means ‘business’, ‘activity’, ‘undertaking’ or ‘occupation’. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "apar" has no etymological connection to its English equivalent; instead, it is derived from the Latin "apparēre" (to become visible). |
| Russian | "Происходить" also means "to descend" or "to come from". |
| Samoan | In Samoan, "tupu" can also refer to growth or development. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Gaelic, "tachairt" has many meanings, including "belonging to the people" and "a gift from the people". |
| Serbian | The word "настају" can also mean "to come into being" or "to start." |
| Sesotho | The word "etsahala" can also mean "to come about" or "to happen." |
| Shona | The noun "kuitika" used in the sense of "an occurrence" is formed through nominalization of the verb "kuitika" meaning "to happen". |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word “ٿئي ٿو” (occur) is derived from the Sanskrit word “स्थ” (to stand), and also means 'to be present'. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In linguistics, the term "සිදු වේ" is also used for an "event" or "instance". |
| Slovak | The word "nastať" also means "to begin" and comes from the Old Church Slavonic word "nastati", which had the same meaning. |
| Slovenian | Pojavijo shares a common root with the word "poyavlenie", which means "appearance" or "manifestation" in Russian and other Slavic languages. |
| Somali | "Dhacaan" can also be used in a more formal or literary context, meaning "consequence" or "ramification." |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "ocurrir" can also mean "to happen by chance" or "to come to mind". |
| Sundanese | The root word of "kajadian" is the noun "kajadan" meaning "the place where something occurred" which in turn is derived from the verb "kajadi" meaning "to happen/occur". |
| Swahili | The word "kutokea" in Swahili also means "to originate" or "to come from". |
| Swedish | The word "inträffa" is derived from the Old Swedish word "inträffa", meaning "to happen". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Mangyari can also mean "to happen" or "to take place."} |
| Tajik | The Tajik phrase "рух медиҳад" can also mean "to take place" or "to happen". |
| Tamil | ஏற்படும் also means 'to get' or 'to receive' and is related to the word 'to get' in English. |
| Thai | The Thai word "เกิดขึ้น" (เกิดขึ้น) can also refer to the beginning of an event or action. |
| Turkish | Meydana gelmek also means "to become clear" or "to become known" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | "Відбуваються" derives from the verb "відбувати," which means "to serve" or "to carry out," adding the reflexive particle "ся." It can also mean "to take place" or "to happen." |
| Urdu | The word "واقع" also means "to fall" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | In Persian, "sodir bo'lish" comes from the word "sodir" (event) and means "to happen". |
| Vietnamese | Xảy ra derives from the Sino-Vietnamese word 事 (sử), which can also mean 'event', 'incident' or 'thing', denoting the various possible meanings of the word. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "digwydd" also means "to be born" or "to descend from". |
| Xhosa | "Yenzeka" is a word in Xhosa that means "occur," but it also has a broader meaning in the context of the Xhosa culture and philosophy. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פּאַסירן" (pasirn) also means "to happen" and is derived from the French word "passer" (to pass). |
| Yoruba | The word "waye" in Yoruba can also mean "happen" or "come to pass." |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "zenzeka" can also refer to the act of "making an appearance" or "showing up." |
| English | The word "occur" derives from the Latin word "occurere," meaning "to meet" or "to run against." |