Vokabahn

aufkommen

B1 Verb frequency rank #3,769

What aufkommen means

Verb

  1. to arise, to appear (in a somewhat spontaneous manner without a specified origin; of wind, but also of moods, feelings, ideas within a group or person)
  2. to come up (in conversation)
  3. to come into use, to become widely spread or known (of practices, technologies, trends, words, etc.)
  4. to pay for; to compensate for, to carry the cost(s) of

Forms

aufkommen · kommt auf · kam auf · ist aufgekommen (für + Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

aufkommen in a sentence

Der Brauch ist erst im 18. Jahrhundert aufgekommen.

This custom only came about in the 18th century.

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aufkommen is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #3,769 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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