aufkommen

See also: Aufkommen

German

Etymology

auf- +‎ kommen

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʔaʊ̯fkɔmən]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: auf‧kom‧men

Verb

aufkommen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present kommt auf, past tense kam auf, past participle aufgekommen, past subjunctive käme auf, auxiliary sein)

  1. to come into use; to arise
    Die Frage kommt auf. ― The question arises.
  2. to rise up; to come up
    Der Gedanke kommt ihm auf. ― The thought occurs to him.
    In meinem Herzen kommt kein Zweifel auf, wer ich sein will. ― In my heart there's no doubt of who I want to be.
    Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
    Dinge ändern sich, neue Trends kommen auf. ― Things change, new trends come about.
    Ein Sturm kommt auf. ― A storm is coming.
  3. to pay for; to compensate for (something), to carry the cost(s) of (something) (für (“for”) + accusative)
    Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
    Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
    Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “aufkommen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “aufkommen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “aufkommen” in Duden online
  • “aufkommen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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