vorkommen

Meaning

1. (class-4,strong) to occur, happen
2. (class-4,strong) to seem, appear
3. (class-4,intransitive,strong) to appear, to occur (in a given location or situation)
4. (class-4,reflexive,strong) to feel (smart, stupid, clever, dumb, etc.)

Hyphenated as

vor‧kom‧men

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌkɔmən]

Etymology

From Middle High German vorekomen, forekomen, vurekomen, vürekomen, from Old High German furaqueman, furakweman, furiqueman, furikweman, from Proto-West Germanic *forakweman, from Proto-Germanic *furaikwemaną, equivalent to vor- + kommen. Cognate with English forecome.