drankommen

[ˈdʁanˌkɔmən]

/[ˈdʁanˌkɔmən]/ verb

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The verdict

“drankommen” is uncommon German (frequency #95,436 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,436
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an der Reihe sein, dass sich jemand um das vorliegende Problem kümmert

Corpus desk

Index DE-drankommen · drankommen · German

drankommen · rank #95,436 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,436
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dramatikers

Nearest frequency peer: Dramatikers (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „drankommen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „drankommen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for drankommen
PropertyValue
Headworddrankommen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈdʁanˌkɔmən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#95,436
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „drankommen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).drankommenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Dramatikers“ (#95,435), „dreimonatige“ (#95,437), „drakonische“ (#95,434). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „drankommen“ bei #95,436. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

drankommen is uncommon German at frequency #95,436 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈdʁanˌkɔmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for drankommen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is drankommen, spelled D-R-A-N-K-O-M-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    an der Reihe sein, dass sich jemand um das vorliegende Problem kümmert
  2. 2
    im Unterricht Gelegenheit zu öffentlicher Äußerung bekommen
  3. 3
    etwas berühren oder erreichen können, obwohl es fast außerhalb der Reichweite liegt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how drankommen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich habe keinen Termin gemacht, glauben Sie, dass ich trotzdem heute noch drankommen kann?
  2. Wer kommt als nächster dran?

Antonyms

abgelehnt werdenwarten

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "drankommen"?
"drankommen" is spelled D-R-A-N-K-O-M-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdʁanˌkɔmən].
What does "drankommen" mean?
As a verb, "drankommen" means: an der Reihe sein, dass sich jemand um das vorliegende Problem kümmert
How do you pronounce "drankommen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "drankommen" is [ˈdʁanˌkɔmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "drankommen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "drankommen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Demokratin#95,418Dauerwelle#95,413Dauerthema#95,412ehrlichste#95,465

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list