🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Passieren

Pronunciation / Transliteration: paˈsiːʁən

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pass/pæs/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Sie entschied sich, den Ball ihrem Teamkollegen zu passen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To move past or through something.

    "She decided to pass the ball to her teammate."
As noun
  1. 1

    A document or permission allowing someone to go somewhere.

    "He showed his pass to enter the concert."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'pass' originates from the Old French 'passer', which comes from the Latin 'passare', meaning 'to step' or 'to go by'. Over time, it evolved to encompass various meanings related to movement and transition.

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