* This verb is only used impersonally. If a person is associated with the action that is "happening", then this person is in the dative case. For example: "ihr ist ein Unrecht geschehen" - "A wrong has been done to her".

 

Present tense: es geschieht

 

Imperfect / preterite: es geschah

 

Perfect tense: es ist geschehen

 

Pluperfect tense: es war geschehen

 

Imperative: Imperatives are rarely used for this verb.

 

Present Participle: geschehend

 

Past Participle: geschehen