Polyglot Dictionary

ankommen

/ˈanˌkɔmən/

verb A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
separable

Forms

present (3rd sg.)
kommt an
past
kam an
perfect
ist angekommen

Meaning

  1. to arrive

    Separable verb: kommen (to come) + prefix an-.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Punctual Transitivity Intransitive

Similar words

anlangen

Ankommen is the everyday, universal word for arriving; anlangen is an older, more literary or regional synonym, rarely used in modern speech.

Similar in other languages

French

arriver

arriver is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to arrive."

Portuguese

chegar

chegar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to arrive."

Practice

1 What does ankommen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Zug ___ um zehn Uhr an.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ankommen?

See also

verbseparable-verbcore-vocabulary

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