heimkommen
German, verb/ˈhaɪ̯mˌkɔmən/
heimkommen is spelled H-E-I-M-K-O-M-M-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 54,418th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heimkommen is a German verb meaning “to come home” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich auf den Weg nach Hause machen, auf dem Weg nach Hause sein”.
What does heimkommen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to come home
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich auf den Weg nach Hause machen, auf dem Weg nach Hause sein 2. zu Hause ankommen
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 heimkommen
- kommt heim present singular third-person
- kam heim past
- heimgekommen participle past
- käme heim past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 4 strong
- heimkommend participle present
- heimzukommen infinitive infinitive-zu
- komme heim first-person indicative present
- kommen heim first-person indicative plural
- kommst heim indicative present second-person
- kommest heim second-person singular subjunctive
- kommet heim plural second-person subjunctive
- kamen heim first-person indicative plural
- kämen heim first-person plural subjunctive
- kamst heim indicative preterite second-person
- kamt heim indicative plural preterite
- kämest heim second-person singular subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce heimkommen?
- /ˈhaɪ̯mˌkɔmən/
- [ˈhaɪ̯mˌkɔmən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is heimkommen in German?
heimkommen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).