Before you start
Meet herauskommen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Meaning
- (intransitive) to come out (motion towards the speaker)
Build the meaning
heraus- + kommen
- heraus-
- out from inside or from a place, toward here
- kommen
- to come
Something comes out from inside or from elsewhere into view here.
So herauskommen means to come out, emerge, or be released.
A memory aid, not a rule: prefixes change meaning from verb to verb.
Learning approach inspired by this explanation in r/German.
Separable verb: heraus·kommen
In a main clause the prefix heraus splits off and goes to the end. After weil, dass and other subordinating words, the verb stays in one piece at the end.
Main clauseDer Vogel kommt aus dem Käfig heraus.The bird comes out of the cage.
Subordinate clauseIch freue mich, weil der Vogel aus dem Käfig herauskommt.I'm happy because the bird comes out of the cage.
Participle: herausgekommenzu-infinitive: herauszukommen
Forms
How herauskommen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | komme heraus | kam heraus |
| du | kommst heraus | kamst heraus |
| er/sie/es | kommt heraus | kam heraus |
| wir | kommen heraus | kamen heraus |
| ihr | kommt heraus | kamt heraus |
| Sie | kommen heraus | kamen heraus |
Partizip II herausgekommen · Perfekt with sein
Three examples
- 1Der Zug kommt aus dem Tunnel heraus.The train comes out of the tunnel.prefix goes to the end
- 2Das neue Buch ist gestern herausgekommen.The new book came out yesterday.Perfekt with sein
- 3Wenn die Sonne herauskommt, gehen wir spazieren.When the sun comes out, we go for a walk.verb at the end after wenn
Verb family
More verbs built on kommen
Same base verb, a different prefix, a new meaning.
- ankommento arrive
- vorkommento happen, occur, seem
- zurückkommento return
- hereinkommento come in
- zukommento come towards, be in store
- herkommento come here
- aufkommento come up, arise, pay for
- entgegenkommento come to meet, accommodate