This is the 2712th most frequent German word.
geschah
"Geschah" is the past tense of "geschehen" and means "happened" or "occurred."
'Geschah' conveys the past action of occurrence or happening of an event in simple past tense.
Damals geschah ein unerwartetes Ereignis.
At that time, an unexpected event occurred.
'Geschah' is used to narrate a specific past action, emphasizing the mystery or unexplained nature of the event.
Doch was geschah, war völlig unerklärlich.
But what happened was completely inexplicable.
'Geschah' reflects the pace or suddenness of events in the past, used for dramatic effect in storytelling.