Translation

1. to come; to arrive class-4, intransitive, strong

   Er kam letzte Nacht sehr spät nach Hause.

   He came home very late last night.

   Als ich nach Wuppertal kam, hatte es gerade geschneit

   When I arrived in Wuppertal, it had just snowed.

2. to come to; to come over (go somewhere so as to join someone else) class-4, intransitive, strong

   Bleib sitzen! Ich komme zu dir.

   Keep your seat! I’m coming over to you.

   Und viele kamen zu ihm und sprachen...

   And many resorted unto him and said...

3. to get; to make it (go somewhere in a way that implies an obstacle or difficulty to be overcome) class-4, intransitive, strong

   Ich komme nicht über die Mauer.

   I can’t get over this wall.

   Wenn er den Zug verpasst, kommt er heute nicht nach Nürnberg.

   If he misses the train, he won’t make it to Nuremberg today.

4. to go to; to be put in (go somewhere in a way that is predetermined or prearranged) class-4, intransitive, strong

   Hartnäckige Sünder kommen in die Hölle.

   Persistant sinners will go to hell.

   Die Gruppensieger kommen ins Halbfinale.

   The group winners will go to the semifinals.

5. to come on (used to encourage someone) class-4, imperative, intransitive, often, strong

   Ach komm, das wird so schlimm nicht werden.

   Aw, come on, it won’t be so bad.

   Kommt, deckt schon mal den Tisch!

   Come on, just set the table already.

6. to occur; to happen; to come to be class-4, impersonal, intransitive, strong

   Dann kam, was alle befürchtet hatten.

   Then happened that which everybody had feared.

   Wie kommt es, dass...?

   Why is it that ...? How come that...?

7. to be played (of a song or film) class-4, impersonal, strong

   Eben kam mein Lieblingslied.

   They just played my favourite song.

8. to be due to; to be the result of class-4, intransitive, strong

   Das kommt alles von deiner Faulheit.

   All of that is due to your laziness.

9. to come from (to have a social or geographic background) class-4, intransitive, strong

   Sie kommt aus der Schweiz.

   She comes from Switzerland.

   Sie kommt aus einer Diplomatenfamilie.

   She comes from a family of diplomats.

10. to orgasm; to cum class-4, intransitive, strong

    Ich komme gleich!

    I’m about to cum!

11. to orgasm; for there to be cumming [with dative ‘by someone’] (idiomatically translated by English cum with the dative object as the subject) class-4, impersonal, strong

    Mir kommt's gleich!

    I’m about to cum!

12. to be statistically equivalent to; to be there for class-4, intransitive, strong

    Auf jeden Verkehrstoten kommen zwanzig Verletzte.

    For each traffic fatality there are twenty injured people.

13. to obtain (a solution or result) class-4, intransitive, strong

    Die Werte wurden frisiert, um auf das gewünschte Ergebnis zu kommen.

    The values were manipulated in order to obtain the desired result.

14. to get an idea; to think of; to remember; to imagine class-4, intransitive, strong

    Ich komme im Moment nicht drauf, aber ich sag’s dir später.

    I can’t think of it right now, but I’ll tell you later.

    Ich weiß wirklich nicht, wie du immer auf diese Einfälle kommst.

    I really don’t know how you always get all those ideas.

15. to lose; to forfeit; not to get class-4, intransitive, strong

    Er hat Angst, dass er um seinen Anteil kommt.

    He fears that he won’t get his share.

16. to touch inadvertently class-4, intransitive, strong

    Pass auf, dass du nicht an die frische Farbe kommst.

    Be careful not to touch the wet paint.

17. to manage to reach (something high up etc.) class-4, intransitive, strong

    Hilf ihm mal, er kommt nicht an den Griff.

    Help him, he can't reach the handle.

18. to come up with, to mention, cite, suggest class-4, informal, intransitive, strong

    Er kommt immer wieder mit diesem dummen Vorschlag.

    Time and again he comes up with that stupid suggestion.

19. to turn out class-4, colloquial, copulative, strong

    Am Ende kommt hoffentlich alles gut.

    In the end, hopefully all will turn out well.

Conjugation

Indicative

Subjunctive i

Subjunctive ii

Imperative

Translation

1. gerund of kommen: "coming", "arrival" form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong

Declension