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vorfallen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • happen verb To take place; to occur.
  • intervene verb To become involved in a situation in order to change or stop what is happening.

Senses

vorfallen is used for these senses in English:

  • happen (transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall.
  • intervene (intransitive) To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events.

happen — full definition

  1. verb To take place; to occur.
  2. verb To do something by chance, or to encounter something unexpectedly.

intervene — full definition

  1. verb To become involved in a situation in order to change or stop what is happening.
  2. verb To occur or fall between two points in time or two events.
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Related German words

geschehen passieren stattfinden sich ereignen einschreiten intervenieren eingreifen dazwischenfahren dazwischengehen dazwischenkommen eintreten ereignen