Translations for „happen on“ in the English » German Dictionary

happen on, happen upon liter VB intr

to happen [up]on sb/sth

zufällig auf jdn/etw stoßen [o. treffen]

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

how on earth did this happen?

wie, um alles in der Welt, konnte das passieren? inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Winter storms are rare, but they can happen on occasion.

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That means sophisticated banks are giving investors the opportunity to make risk-free arbitrage profits, which can not happen on an exchange.

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The customer can then watch the walk happen on an online map.

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An earthquake can trigger a sinkhole from a cavity but it has to basically happen on the day or in a very close time frame to the earthquake.

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Human sacrifices would prevent the end of the world that could happen on each cycle of 52 years.

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The opposing captures often happen on consecutive moves, although this is not strictly necessary.

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However, according to eyewitness testimony, this did not happen on the day of his arrival there.

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The other strange things that happen on the island have a similar explanation.

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What about all the conversations and commiserations that happen on other media, on our phones, or of course, face-to-face, with no electronic record?

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I just can't understand how this could happen on a corner house and no one could know about it.

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