bekommen

      German

      Etymology

      From be- +‎ kommen.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA: /bəˈkɔmən/
      • Hyphenation: be‧kom‧men
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      Verb

      bekommen (class 4 strong, third-person singular simple present bekommt, past tense bekam, past participle bekommen, auxiliary haben or sein)

      1. (transitive, auxiliary: “haben) to receive; to get
        • 2003, Franz Eugen Schlachter, Die Bibel (“Schlachter 2000”), Genfer Bibelgesellschaft, Numbers 34:14:
          Denn der Stamm der Kinder Rubens mit ihren Vaterhäusern, und der Stamm der Kinder Gads mit ihren Vaterhäusern haben ihren Teil empfangen, auch der halbe Stamm Manasse hat seinen Teil bekommen.
          Then the tribe of Reuben’s children with the houses of their father, and the tribe of Gad’s children with the houses of their father have obtained their part, also half the tribe of Manasseh got their part.
        Hunger bekommen — “to get hungry, become hungry” (literally, “to get hunger”)
        ein Kind bekommen — “to have a child”
      2. (transitive, auxiliary: “haben) to catch
        den Schnupfen bekommen — “to catch a cold”
      3. (intransitive, with a dative case object, of food or drink, auxiliary: “sein) to agree with (someone); to sit well with (someone)
        Das Essen bekommt ihm nicht. — “The food does not agree with him.”

      Conjugation

      Synonyms

      Derived terms

      • abbekommen
      • aufbekommen
      • bekömmlich
      • fertigbekommen
      • herausbekommen
      • hereinbekommen
      • mitbekommen
      • wegbekommen
      • zubekommen
      • zurückbekommen
      • zusammenbekommen

      See also


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      Swedish

      Etymology

      past participle of bekomma.

      Adjective

      bekommen

      1. received, acquired

      Declension

      Inflections of
      bekommen
      Indefinite
      singular
      Common bekommen
      Neuter bekommet
      Definite
      singular
      Masc. bekomne
      All bekomna
      Plural bekomna
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