hap – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of hap

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to hap
Participle: happed
Gerund: happing

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of hap

Indicative

Present

Ihap
youhap
he;she;ithaps
wehap
youhap
theyhap

Perfect

Ihave happed
youhave happed
he;she;ithas happed
wehave happed
youhave happed
theyhave happed

Past

Ihapped
youhapped
he;she;ithapped
wehapped
youhapped
theyhapped

Pluperfect

Ihad happed
youhad happed
he;she;ithad happed
wehad happed
youhad happed
theyhad happed

Future

Iwill hap
youwill hap
he;she;itwill hap
wewill hap
youwill hap
theywill hap

Future Perfect

Iwill have happed
youwill have happed
he;she;itwill have happed
wewill have happed
youwill have happed
theywill have happed

Subjunctive

Present

Ihap
youhap
he;she;ithap
wehap
youhap
theyhap

Perfect

Ihave happed
youhave happed
he;she;ithave happed
wehave happed
youhave happed
theyhave happed

Imperfect

Ihapped
youhapped
he;she;ithapped
wehapped
youhapped
theyhapped

Pluperfect

Ihad happed
youhad happed
he;she;ithad happed
wehad happed
youhad happed
theyhad happed

Conditional

Present

Iwould hap
youwould hap
he;she;itwould hap
wewould hap
youwould hap
theywould hap

Perfect

Iwould have happed
youwould have happed
he;she;itwould have happed
wewould have happed
youwould have happed
theywould have happed

Imperative

youhap
weLet's hap
youhap

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam happing
youare happing
he;she;itis happing
weare happing
youare happing
theyare happing

Perfect

Ihave been happing
youhave been happing
he;she;ithas been happing
wehave been happing
youhave been happing
theyhave been happing

Past

Iwas happing
youwere happing
he;she;itwas happing
wewere happing
youwere happing
theywere happing

Pluperfect

Ihad been happing
youhad been happing
he;she;ithad been happing
wehad been happing
youhad been happing
theyhad been happing

Future

Iwill be happing
youwill be happing
he;she;itwill be happing
wewill be happing
youwill be happing
theywill be happing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been happing
youwill have been happing
he;she;itwill have been happing
wewill have been happing
youwill have been happing
theywill have been happing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be happing
youwould be happing
he;she;itwould be happing
wewould be happing
youwould be happing
theywould be happing

Perfect

Iwould have been happing
youwould have been happing
he;she;itwould have been happing
wewould have been happing
youwould have been happing
theywould have been happing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'hap'

abet, abhor, abut, acquit, admit, affrap, allot, alum, amel, amit, anagram, anvil, apparel, aret, arret, assot, astun, attrap, augur, avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'hap'

bap, cap, chap, dap, fap, gap, hag, halp, ham, han,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to exist; to be a reality
bechance, befall, belimp, betide, betime, chance, come about, come to pass, crop up, evene, eventuate, go on, happen, hold, occur, pass, take place, transpire

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *kob-der.
3. Proto-Germanic *hampą
4. Old Norse happbor.
5. Middle English hap
6. English hap
7. From Middle English hap, happe (“chance, hap, luck, fortune”), potentially cognate with or from Old English ġehæp (“fit, convenient”) and/or Old Norse happ (“hap, chance, good luck”), from Proto-Germanic *hampą (“convenience, happiness”), from Proto-Indo-European *kob- (“good fortune, prophecy; to bend, bow, fit in, work, succeed”).
8. Cognate with Icelandic happ (“hap, chance, good luck”). Related also to Icelandic heppinn (“lucky, fortunate, happy”), Old Danish hap (“fortunate”), Swedish hampa (“to turn out”), Old Church Slavonic кобь (kobĭ, “fate”), Old Irish cob (“victory”).
9. The verb is from Middle English happen, perhaps from Old English hæppan (“to move accidentally, slip”) and/or from Old Norse *happa, *heppa, from Proto-Germanic *hampijaną (“to fit in, be fitting”), from the noun. Cognate with Old Danish happe (“to chance, happen”), Norwegian heppa (“to occur, happen”). See: Swedish 'hampa', Proto-Germanic '*hampijaną', Danish 'happe'.

Sample Sentences

  • "But laudably, since thus it happed!" quoth one: Whereat, more witness and the case postponed. "Thus it happed not, since thus he did the deed,.... [1868-9, Robert Browning, “The Ring and the Book”, in Edward Berdoe, editor, The poetical works of Robert Browning, published 1889, page 17:]
  • "We must go there to retrieve it before the Krikkit robots find it, or who knows what may hap." [1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 81:]
  • What meaneth June, to hap us every year. [1891, Elizabeth Stoddard, “No Answer”, in Harper's magazine, page 55:]