Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #68
Word (Wort)

kommen

Translation (Übersetzung) to come
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /ˈkɔmən/
A1
Verbs
Beginner
Neutral
Tags (Tags)
grammar most-common verb irregular movement
Irregular verb meaning 'to come'. Used for movement towards speaker or destination. Uses 'sein' in perfect tense. Sixty-eighth most frequent word in German.

Examples (Beispiele)

Ich komme aus Deutschland.
I come from Germany.
origin
Er kommt nach Berlin.
He comes to Berlin.
destination
Wann kommst du?
When are you coming?
question
Ich bin gestern gekommen.
I came yesterday.
perfect tense

Conjugations (Konjugationen)

Present Tense (Präsens)

ich komme
du kommst
er/sie/es kommt
wir kommen
ihr kommt
sie/Sie kommen

Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

Collocations (Kollokationen)
kommen + aus/von
to come from
High frequency
kommen + nach/in/zu
to come to
High frequency
zurückkommen
to come back
High frequency
Idioms (Redewendungen)
es kommt darauf an
it depends
Expressing that something depends on circumstances
wie kommt es, dass
how come that
Asking for explanation
Synonyms (Synonyme)
ankommen High similarity
To arrive (more specific)
Antonyms (Antonyme)
gehen
To go (opposite direction)

Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

ankommen gehen zurückkommen Verb

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