occurrer

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed as a first group verb from Latin occurrō, occurrere.

Verb

occurrer

1. to occur; to happen; to take place
   • 1579, Université de Gand, Discours contenant le vray entendement de la pacification de Gand, de l'union des Estats, & aultres traictez y ensuyviz, touchant le faict de la religion:

     Le mefme est d'un homme politicq, ou Gouverneur, qui à mon advis ne se doibt presupposer aultre but en faisant ses loix, que le repos & tranquillité de la republique, & dresser à ce but toutes choses particulieres qui peuvent occurrer, soit religion ou aultre quelconque.

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Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of occurrer

infinitive	simple	occurrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	occurrant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		occurré
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	occurre	occurres	occurre	occurrons	occurrez	occurrent
	imperfect	occurrois, occurroys	occurrois, occurroys	occurroit, occurroyt	occurrions, occurryons	occurriez, occurryez	occurroient, occurroyent
	past historic	occurra	occurras	occurra	occurrasmes	occurrastes	occurrerent
	future	occurrerai, occurreray	occurreras	occurrera	occurrerons	occurrerez	occurreront
	conditional	occurrerois, occurreroys	occurrerois, occurreroys	occurreroit, occurreroyt	occurrerions, occurreryons	occurreriez, occurreryez	occurreroient, occurreroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	occurre	occurres	occurre	occurrons	occurrez	occurrent
	imperfect	occurrasse	occurrasses	occurrast	occurrassions	occurrassiez	occurrassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	occurre	—	occurrons	occurrez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).