abkommen

B2#5,002

Hear it

verbdated

to come from, to derive from
to stray fromsomething
to unintentionally stray froma chosen course
to digress froma goal or subject
to abandon

Forms

Present

I	komme ab
you	kommst ab
he, she, it	kommt ab
we	kommen ab
you (plural)	kommt ab
they	kommen ab

Preterite

I	kam ab
you	kamst ab
he, she, it	kam ab
we	kamen ab
you (plural)	kamt ab
they	kamen ab

Subjunctive I

I	komme ab
you	kommest ab
he, she, it	komme ab
we	kommen ab
you (plural)	kommet ab
they	kommen ab

Subjunctive II

I	käme ab
you	kämest ab / kämst ab
he, she, it	käme ab
we	kämen ab
you (plural)	kämet ab / kämt ab
they	kämen ab

Imperative

you	komm ab / komme ab
you (plural)	kommt ab

Other forms

infinitive	abkommen
past participle	abgekommen
present participle	abkommend

More forms are in the app.

Used in the library

Wer vom Weg abkommt, versinkt im Sumpf.Anyone who strays from the path sinks into the swamp.B2Noch einmal, bitte (16) — Once more, please (16) (B2)

Other ways to say it

aufkommento arise, to appear (in a somewhat spontaneous manner without a specified origin; of wind, but also of moods, feelings, ideas within a grou…; to come up (in conversation)
aufziehen[auxiliary haben]; to wind up (a clock, etc.)
wegkommento get away (to move from a spot); to get away, to move away (from a customary action, habit, behaviour, manner, routine, etc.)

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