entgegenkommen

B1

meet halfway

English meaning
meet halfway
Vocabulary package
Travelling & Moving About

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entgegenkommen in a sentence

Auf dem Weg nach Hause ist mir mein Nachbar entgegengekommen.

My neighbor met me halfway on my way home.

Conjugation of entgegenkommen

entgegenkommen is a separable verb — the prefix splits off and goes to the end of the clause.

ichkomme entgegen
dukommst entgegen
er/sie/eskommt entgegen
wirkommen entgegen
ihrkommt entgegen
sie/Siekommen entgegen
Simple past (er/sie/es)
kam entgegen
Perfect
ist entgegengekommen

Word family

entgegenkommen is built from kommen (come, arrive). German builds meaning by welding words together, so knowing the parts usually gives you the whole.

Where entgegenkommen comes from

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Questions about entgegenkommen

How do you conjugate entgegenkommen?

Present tense: komme entgegen, kommst entgegen, kommt entgegen, kommen entgegen, kommt entgegen, kommen entgegen. Simple past: kam entgegen. Perfect: ist entgegengekommen. entgegenkommen is a separable verb, so the prefix moves to the end of the clause.

What does entgegenkommen mean in English?

entgegenkommen means "meet halfway". For example: "Auf dem Weg nach Hause ist mir mein Nachbar entgegengekommen." — "My neighbor met me halfway on my way home."

What level is entgegenkommen in German?

entgegenkommen is a B1 word — b1 — intermediate. It belongs to the travelling & moving about vocabulary.

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