jeschehn
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- geschehn, geschiehn (Moselle Franconian)
Etymology
From Old High German giskehan, from Proto-Germanic *skehaną. The phonetic development is the same as in sehn (“to see”), i.e. early contraction of -eha- into the diphthong -ia- and according further development.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jəˈʃeːn/
Verb
jeschehn (third-person singular present jeschüch, past tense jeschooch, past participle jeschehn or jescheht)
- (Ripuarian, dated in some dialects) to happen, occur
- Synonym: (now much commoner) passiere