bekommen

Meaning

  1. (class-4,strong,transitive) to receive; to get
  2. (class-4,strong,transitive) to catch
  3. (class-4,intransitive,strong) to agree with, to sit well with [with dative ‘someone’] (of food or drink)
  4. (auxiliary,class-4,strong) to get (with the past participle form of a verb), forms the so-called dative passive

Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
be‧kom‧men
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bəˈkɔmən/
Etymology

From Middle High German bekomen, from Old High German biqueman, from Proto-Germanic *bikwemaną, equivalent to be- + kommen. Cognate to Dutch bekomen, English become.

Bookmark this

Improve your pronunciation

German

Start learning German with learnfeliz.

Practice speaking and memorizing "bekommen" and many other words and sentences in German.

Go to our German course page

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes

Questions