how to pronounce kommen

/ˈkɔmən/

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kommen is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of kommen in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… alles das heißt es kommen noch mal 51 67 …”

meanings of kommen

verb:

To lose; to forfeit; not to get.
To turn out (well).
To be played (of a song or film).
To get; to make it (go somewhere in a way that implies an obstacle or difficulty to be overcome).
To be due to; to be the result of.
To be statistically equivalent to; to be there for.
To come; to arrive.
To touch inadvertently.
To go to; to be put in (go somewhere in a way that is predetermined or prearranged).
To obtain (a solution or result).
To orgasm; to cum.
To manage to reach (something high up etc.).
To come to; to come over (go somewhere so as to join someone else).
To occur; to happen; to come to be.
To come on.
To get an idea; to think of; to remember; to imagine.
To come from (to have a social or geographic background).

noun:

Gerund of kommen: "coming", "arrival".

kommen frequency in german - A1 level of CEFR

the word kommen occurs in german on average 531.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.