Translation
to come; to arrive
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Word origin
From Old High German koman, from the same Germanic root as English come.
- Origin
- Old High German
- Root
- koman
- English cognates
- come
Grammar
Irregular verb. A full conjugation table for irregular verbs is coming soon. For now, use a reference like Wordreference or RAE.
Examples
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Are you coming to the cinema?
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The bus is coming in a moment.
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Where do you actually come from?
Where this fits
Used in
Stories
(28)Ist das noch da?
1 min read · Core 1000
Wer war das?
1 min read · Core 1000
Auf dem Markt: Kuchen und ein Geschenk
2 min read · Core 5000
Das Gespräch für den Job
2 min read · Core 5000
Der Brief an mich
2 min read · Core 1000
Der Schlüssel
2 min read · Core 1000
Im Hotel: drei Nächte für die Klasse
2 min read · Core 5000
In Wien: Wo ist das Museum?
2 min read · Core 5000
Zimmer frei
2 min read · Core 1000
Wo bist du gewesen?
2 min read · Core 1000
Wo ist Bruno?
2 min read · Core 5000
Bei der Gastfamilie
3 min read · Core 5000
Das falsche Tor
3 min read · Core 5000
Das Licht gegenüber
3 min read · Core 1000
Der Bus kommt nicht
3 min read · Core 5000
Der Kuchen für Oma
3 min read · Core 5000
Die Cousine aus Wien
3 min read · Core 5000
Die Tür ist offen
3 min read · Core 1000
Ein Foto mit dem Star
3 min read · Core 5000
Eine Überraschung für Oma
3 min read · Core 5000
Wo ist mein Handy?
3 min read · Core 5000
Der neue Freund
4 min read · Core 5000
Die Uniform-Frage
4 min read · Core 5000
Das neue Lied
5 min read · Core 5000
Die Straße vor der Schule
5 min read · Core 5000
Die Tasche am See
5 min read · Core 5000
Nicht vor den Leuten
5 min read · Core 1000
Wer hat den Garten zerstört?
5 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
(18)German Future Tense: werden Plus the Infinitive (and Futur II)
German Imperative: du, ihr, Sie Commands (and sei, seid, seien Sie)
German Irregular Verbs: The Strong Verb Patterns That Repeat
Konjunktiv 2 in German: Would, Could and Should Have
German Modal Verbs: All Six Conjugated as One Block
German Negation: Nicht or Kein, and Where Nicht Goes
German Past Participles: gemacht, gesprochen, verstanden
German Perfect Tense: haben or sein, Plus a Past Participle
German Personal Pronouns: ich, mich, mir and the Formal Sie
German Plurals: Eight Patterns and the Rules That Predict Them
German Question Words: wer, was, wo, wann, warum and wie
German Separable Verbs: anrufen, aufstehen and the Prefix That Jumps to the End
German Simple Past (Präteritum): war, hatte and the Written Past
German Stem-Changing Verbs: sprichst, siehst, fährst
German Conjunctions: weil, dass, wenn and the Verb That Goes Last
German Verb Conjugation: The One Pattern Under Every Verb
German Sentence Structure: Why the Verb Always Comes Second
German zu + Infinitive: um zu, ohne zu, statt zu Explained
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 12: kommen, sehr, alle and 11 more words.