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GERMAN VERB

hereinkommen

to come in

  • #385 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: hereingekommen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I come in
  2. du you come in
  3. er, sie, es he/she comes in
  4. wir we come in
  5. ihr you all come in
  6. sie, Sie they come in

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I came in
  2. du you came in
  3. er, sie, es he/she came in
  4. wir we came in
  5. ihr you all came in
  6. sie, Sie they came in

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have come in
  2. du you have come in
  3. er, sie, es he/she has come in
  4. wir we have come in
  5. ihr you all have come in
  6. sie, Sie they have come in

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will come in
  2. du you will come in
  3. er, sie, es he/she will come in
  4. wir we will come in
  5. ihr you all will come in
  6. sie, Sie they will come in

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would come in
  2. du you would come in
  3. er, sie, es he/she would come in
  4. wir we would come in
  5. ihr you all would come in
  6. sie, Sie they would come in

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du come in!
  2. ihr come in! (all of you)
  3. Sie come in! (formal)

How to use hereinkommen

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Da kommt Lena gerade herein.

    There's Lena coming in right now.

  2. Simple past

    Er kam herein und sagte kein Wort.

    He came in and didn't say a word.

  3. Perfect

    Wie bist du ohne Schlüssel hereingekommen?

    How did you get in without a key?

  4. Future

    Gleich wird der Arzt hereinkommen.

    The doctor will come in in a moment.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde ja hereinkommen, aber ich habe keine Zeit.

    I'd come in, but I don't have time.

  6. Imperative

    Kommen Sie doch herein, es ist kalt draußen.

    Do come in, it's cold outside.

Good to know

  • Herein! alone, called through the door, means come in.
  • In speech it is often shortened to reinkommen: komm rein.

Where you hear hereinkommen

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

German · Beginner Level 1

  • Der Gast kommt herein. The guest comes in.
  • Herr Becker ist hereingekommen. Herr Becker has come in.
  • Gleich kommt Herr Becker herein. Herr Becker will come in any minute.

German · Beginner Level 2

  • Der Gast kommt herein. The guest comes in.
  • Herr Becker ist hereingekommen. Herr Becker has come in.
  • Gleich kommt Herr Becker herein. Herr Becker will come in any minute.
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Hello, Welcome to Berlin

Beginner Level 1 · Kommen Sie herein!

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The Neighbour Upstairs

Beginner Level 2 · Vielen Dank, Frau Yilmaz. Kommen Sie herein!

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Christmas Eve

Beginner Level 2 · Herr Becker! Kommen Sie herein! Frohe Weihnachten!

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Nina's Parents

Beginner Level 3 · Kommen Sie rein. Wie war die Fahrt?

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Oma Meets Frau Weber

Intermediate Level 3 · Ach was. Kommen Sie herein, ich mache Kaffee.

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Gruess Gott on the Farm

Fluency Level 2 · Kommen Sie rein. Mögen Sie eine Semmel?

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