bevorstehen

1. 1

   to be imminent, to impend

   • Der Jüngste Tag schien kurz bevorzustehen.

     It seemed as if the world would come to an end.

     Tatoeba · Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR

   • Ich war nicht die einzige, die wusste, was bevorstand.

     I wasn't the only one who knew what was going to happen.

     Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR

2. 2

   to threaten

Forms in lighter type are the ones German always makes identical: wir and sie use the infinitive, ihr matches er, and in the past ich matches er.