dazwischenkommen
German, verb/daˈtsvɪʃn̩kɔmən/
dazwischenkommen is spelled D-A-Z-W-I-S-C-H-E-N-K-O-M-M-E-N (16 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 254,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dazwischenkommen is a German verb meaning “to get in the way” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “als Hindernis unvorhergesehen eintreten”.
What does dazwischenkommen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to get in the way
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. als Hindernis unvorhergesehen eintreten 2. in eine Angelegenheit eingreifen
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 dazwischenkommen
- kommt dazwischen present singular third-person
- kam dazwischen past
- dazwischengekommen participle past
- käme dazwischen past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 4 strong
- dazwischenkommend participle present
- dazwischenzukommen infinitive infinitive-zu
- komme dazwischen first-person indicative present
- kommen dazwischen first-person indicative plural
- kommst dazwischen indicative present second-person
- kommest dazwischen second-person singular subjunctive
- kommet dazwischen plural second-person subjunctive
- kamen dazwischen first-person indicative plural
- kämen dazwischen first-person plural subjunctive
- kamst dazwischen indicative preterite second-person
- kamt dazwischen indicative plural preterite
- kämest dazwischen second-person singular subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dazwischenkommen?
- /daˈtsvɪʃn̩kɔmən/
- [daˈt͡svɪʃn̩ˌkɔmən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dazwischenkommen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dazwischenkommen in German?
dazwischenkommen appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).