hende III homograph 3

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

1. finne sted, gå for seg;
   foregå (2)to go on, inntreffeto occur, to happen, skje (II)to happen to take place, to occur;
   to go onforegå (2), to happen suddenlyinntreffe, to happenskje (II)
   • fortell hva som hendte tell me what happened
   • slikt hender ikke så sjelden that sort of thing happens often enough
   • da må det hende et under then it would take a miracle
   • det hender at slikt skjer sometimes things like that do happen
   • det kan hende du har rett you might well be right
2. skje tilfeldig eller uventet;
   ramme (III)to hit · to affect badly · to strike to happen by chance or unexpectedly;
   to strike, to befallramme (III)
   • slikt kan hende den beste such things can happen to the best of us
   • jeg håper det ikke har hendt dem noe I hope nothing has happened to them