Vokabahn

Verb

vorkommen

to appear, to occur (in a given location or situation)

B1 rank #2,246

Meanings

Verb
  1. to appear, to occur (in a given location or situation)
  2. to occur, to happen (with some regularity)
  3. to seem, to appear
  4. to feel (oneself to be smart, stupid, clever, dumb, etc., at a specific point in time)

In a sentence

So ein Fehler kann auch bei sorgfältiger Arbeit vorkommen.

A mistake like that can happen even when you work carefully.

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Forms

vorkommen · kommt vor · kam vor · ist vorgekommen

vorkommen is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #2,246 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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