abbekommen
German, verb
abbekommen is spelled A-B-B-E-K-O-M-M-E-N (10 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,880th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abbekommen is a German verb meaning “to get a share of something (pleasant or unpleasant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abbekommen is a different word: “gerund of abbekommen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “seinen Teil von etwas erhalten”.
What does abbekommen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to get a share of something (pleasant or unpleasant)
Er wollte auch von den Geschenken etwas abbekommen, aber es waren nicht genug da.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abbekommen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. seinen Teil von etwas erhalten 2. etwas erleiden müssen 3. etwas Befestigtes, Anheftendes entfernen, abnehmen, abziehen (können)
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abbekommen
- bekommt ab present singular third-person
- bekam ab past
- bekäme ab past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 4 strong
- abbekommend participle present
- abzubekommen infinitive infinitive-zu
- bekomme ab first-person indicative present
- bekommen ab first-person indicative plural
- bekommst ab indicative present second-person
- bekommest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- bekommet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- bekamen ab first-person indicative plural
- bekämen ab first-person formal plural
- bekamst ab indicative preterite second-person
- bekamt ab indicative plural preterite
- bekämest ab formal rare second-person
- bekämst ab formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is abbekommen in German?
abbekommen appears 2.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).