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hinkommen.

to go or travel somewhere and arrive (can refer to the journey, the arrival, or both)

9 characters3 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈhɪnˌkɔmən]
  1. to go or travel somewhere and arrive (can refer to the journey, the arrival, or both)

    class-4 · strong
    Als wir hinkamen, hat es geregnet.
  2. to arrive at a situation (usually implying some negative condition)

    class-4 · figuratively · strong
    Wo kämen wir hin, wenn jeder täte, was er will!
    Wo sind wir nur hingekommen, dass sowas schon als normal gilt!
  3. to manage, make do

    class-4 · strong
    Kommen wir damit hin?
  4. to be roughly right; to make sense

    class-4 · strong
    1992, meinst du? Ja, das kommt hin.
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German hinkomen, from Old High German hinakweman, hinaqeman. Equivalent to hin- + kommen.

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