Polyglot Dictionary

hinwegkommen

/hɪnˈvɛkˌkɔmən/

verb C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

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

Forms

present
kommt hinweg
past
kam hinweg
perfect
ist hinweggekommen

Meaning

  1. to get over

    Built from hinweg (over) + kommen (to come).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • hinweg over
  • kommen to come

Similar words

auskommen

auskommen means "to get by," to manage financially or get along with people; hinwegkommen means "to get over" something, emotionally, like a loss.

Practice

1 What does hinwegkommen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er kam nie über den Verlust ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches hinwegkommen?

verbseparable-verbcompound

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