vorkommen
See also: Vorkommen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German vorekomen, forekomen, vurekomen, vürekomen, from Old High German furaqueman, furakweman, furiqueman, furikweman, from Proto-West Germanic *forakweman, from Proto-Germanic *furaikwemaną, equivalent to vor- + kommen. Cognate with English forecome.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌkɔmən]
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Verb
vorkommen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present kommt vor, past tense kam vor, past participle vorgekommen, past subjunctive käme vor, auxiliary sein)
- to occur, happen
- 2010, Der Spiegel, number 22/2010, page 126:
- Pasta, Kuchen, Müsli, Brot – wer an Zöliakie leidet, muss viele gängige Lebensmittel meiden: Das Eiweiß Gluten, das bei den Betroffenen zu chronischer Darmentzündung führt, kommt in den meisten Getreidearten vor.
- Pasta, cakes, muesli, bread – someone who suffers from celiac disease has to avoid many common foods: the protein gluten, which leads to chronic intestinal inflammation for the sufferers, occurs in most types of grain.
- to seem, appear
- 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 38:
- Er ging rasch und sicher, trällerte vor sich hin, endlich begann er sogar zu singen mit einer schönen dunklen Stimme, die ihm selber fremd vorkam.
- He walked fast and firmly, trilled to himself, finally he even started to sing in a beautiful dark voice, which seemed unfamiliar to himself.
- (intransitive) to appear, to occur (in a given location or situation)
- Irene Adler ist eine der bemerkenswertesten Figuren in der Sherlock-Holmes-Serie, obwohl sie nur in einer einzigen Geschichte vorkommt.
- Irene Adler is one of the most notable characters in the Sherlock Holmes series, despite appearing in only one story.
- (reflexive) to feel (smart, stupid, clever, dumb, etc.)
- 1913, Fanny zu Reventlow, Herrn Dames Aufzeichnungen, Albert Langen, page 102:
- In meiner Wohnung kam ich mir zuerst beinah wie ein Fremder vor […]
- In my apartment, I almost felt like a stranger at first […]
- Ich komme mir klug vor.
- I feel clever.
- 1913, Fanny zu Reventlow, Herrn Dames Aufzeichnungen, Albert Langen, page 102:
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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