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verb · A1

bekommen

[bəˈkɔmən]

to get, to receive

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Synonyms
erhalten

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Other Examples

  • Ich bekomme heute ein Paket.

    I'm getting a parcel today.

  • Bekommst du oft E-Mails?

    Do you often get emails?

  • Wir bekommen Besuch von Frida.

    Frida is coming to visit us.

  • Was bekommt ihr?

    What can I get you?

  • Lotte und Kalle bekommen eine Einladung.

    Lotte and Kalle get an invitation.

Grammar

Present
er/sie/es bekommt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es bekam The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat bekommen The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich bekommebekamhabe bekommen
du bekommstbekamsthast bekommen
er/sie/es bekommtbekamhat bekommen
wir bekommenbekamenhaben bekommen
ihr bekommtbekamthabt bekommen
sie/Sie bekommenbekamenhaben bekommen
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte bekommenwerde bekommenwerde bekommen haben
du hattest bekommenwirst bekommenwirst bekommen haben
er/sie/es hatte bekommenwird bekommenwird bekommen haben
wir hatten bekommenwerden bekommenwerden bekommen haben
ihr hattet bekommenwerdet bekommenwerdet bekommen haben
sie/Sie hatten bekommenwerden bekommenwerden bekommen haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich bekäme
du bekämst
er/sie/es bekäme
wir bekämen
ihr bekämt
sie/Sie bekämen
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du bekomm!
ihr bekommt!
Sie bekommen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

be prefix komm root en ending

be-
makes a verb take a direct object: zahlen (to pay) → die Rechnung bezahlen (to pay the bill).
-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

In Otti's situations: Otti on the phone

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