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russian word

to arise, to come up, to crop up in Russian: возникнуть

verbperfectivelevel B2#900 by frequency

every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum

Во время встречи возник неожиданный вопрос. An unexpected question came up during the meeting.

Если возникнут трудности, сразу звоните мне. If any difficulties arise, call me right away.

На пустом месте за год возник целый посёлок. In a year a whole settlement sprang up on an empty plot of land.

В дверях внезапно возникла тёмная фигура. A dark figure suddenly appeared in the doorway.

What does возникнуть mean in Russian?

01

to arise, to come up, to crop up (of a problem, question, or situation)

Во время встречи возник неожиданный вопрос.

An unexpected question came up during the meeting.

Если возникнут трудности, сразу звоните мне.

If any difficulties arise, call me right away.

02

to appear, to spring up, to come into being

На пустом месте за год возник целый посёлок.

In a year a whole settlement sprang up on an empty plot of land.

В дверях внезапно возникла тёмная фигура.

A dark figure suddenly appeared in the doorway.

Aspect pair

This verb is perfective: a completed one-time result. Its imperfective partner, for ongoing or repeated action, is

Conjugation of возникнуть

Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.

futuresingularplural
я / мывозникнувозникнем
ты / вывозникнешьвозникнете
он / онивозникнетвозникнут
past
mascвозник / возникнул
femвозникла / возникнула
neutвозникло / возникнуло
pluralвозникли / возникнули
imperative
тывозникни
вывозникните

Participles and gerunds

past activeвозникший
past activeвозникнувший
gerund (perfective)возникнув
gerund (perfective)возникши
gerund (perfective)возникнувши