bekommen
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From Middle High German bekomen, from Old High German biqueman, bikweman, from Proto-West Germanic *bikweman, from Proto-Germanic *bikwemaną, equivalent to be- + kommen. Cognate to Dutch bekomen, English become.
bekommen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present bekommt, past tense bekam, past participle bekommen, past subjunctive bekäme, auxiliary haben or sein)
infinitive | bekommen | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | bekommend | ||||
past participle | bekommen | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bekomme | wir bekommen | i | ich bekomme | wir bekommen |
du bekommst | ihr bekommt | du bekommest | ihr bekommet | ||
er bekommt | sie bekommen | er bekomme | sie bekommen | ||
preterite | ich bekam | wir bekamen | ii | ich bekäme1 | wir bekämen1 |
du bekamst | ihr bekamt | du bekämest1 du bekämst1 |
ihr bekämet1 ihr bekämt1 | ||
er bekam | sie bekamen | er bekäme1 | sie bekämen1 | ||
imperative | bekomm (du) bekomme (du) |
bekommt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Inflection of bekommen | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | bekommen | — | — |
Neuter singular | bekommet | — | — |
Plural | bekomna | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | bekomne | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | bekomne | — | — |
All | bekomna | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
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