vorankommen
/foˈʁanˌkɔmən/
verb
B2
der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Forms
- present
- kommt voran
- past
- kam voran
- perfect
- ist vorangekommen
Meaning
-
to make progress
Built from voran (ahead) + kommen (to come).
Made of
- voran ahead
- kommen to come
Similar words
fortschreiten and vorankommen are close synonyms for "to progress, to make progress," largely interchangeable.
vorangehen also separately means "to go ahead," literally walking first; vorankommen is more purely about making progress.
Practice
1 What does vorankommen mean?
to make progress
2 Fill the gap: Wir kommen gut ___.
Full sentence: Wir kommen gut voran. (We are making good progress.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches vorankommen?
vorankommen: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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