ankommen
Meaning in English: arrive
Not one of the 5,000 most common words in written German, but part of the core vocabulary in our Travel and transport in German list.
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Wann sollen wir in München ankommen?
When are we supposed to arrive in Munich?
Perfect tense
er ist angekommen — ankommen forms the perfect with sein. Haben or sein?
Forms of ankommen in the top 5,000
ankommen itself is not in the top 5,000, but this form of it is:
Seid ihr gut in Hamburg angekommen?
Did you get to Hamburg safely?
How common is ankommen?
In the news and web texts the list is counted from, ankommen appears 13 times per million words — about once every 74,000 words. That is below the cut-off: the last of the top 5,000 appears about 16 times per million. Its form angekommen (#3,029) is in the top 5,000, though.
A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Travel and transport: more words
- der Verkehrtraffic
- das Autocar
- der Busbus
- der Zugtrain
- die Bahnrailway, train, track
- die Straßenbahntram
- die U-Bahnunderground, subway
- das Fahrradbicycle
- das Flugzeugaeroplane, aircraft
- das Schiffship
- das Taxitaxi
- der Bahnhof(railway) station
- der Flughafenairport
- die Haltestelle(bus/tram) stop
- die Fahrkarteticket (for travel)
- das Ticketticket
In these word lists
- Travel and transport in German31 words
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.