terechtkomen
Dutch
Etymology
From terecht + komen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /təˈrɛxtˌkoː.mə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: te‧recht‧ko‧men
Verb
terechtkomen
- (intransitive) to land
- Hij kwam ongelukkig terecht en brak zijn been.
- He landed in an unfortunate way and broke his leg.
- (intransitive) to end up
- Hij vroeg zich af hoe die brief in de verkeerde bus terechtgekomen was.
- He wondered how this letter ended up in the wrong mailbox.
Inflection
| Inflection of terechtkomen (strong class 4, irregular, separable) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | terechtkomen | ||||||||
| past singular | kwam terecht | ||||||||
| past participle | terechtgekomen | ||||||||
| infinitive | terechtkomen | ||||||||
| gerund | terechtkomen n|- class="vsHide" style="background: #E6E6FF;" | main clause | subordinate clause | ||||||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | ||||||
| 1st person singular | kom terecht | kwam terecht | terechtkom | terechtkwam | |||||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | komt terecht | kwam terecht | terechtkomt | terechtkwam | |||||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | komt terecht | kwam terecht | terechtkomt | terechtkwam | |||||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | komt terecht | kwaamt terecht | terechtkomt | terechtkwaamt | |||||
| 3rd person singular | komt terecht | kwam terecht | terechtkomt | terechtkwam | |||||
| plural | komen terecht | kwamen terecht | terechtkomen | terechtkwamen | |||||
| subjunctive sing.1 | kome terecht | kwame terecht | terechtkome | terechtkwame | |||||
| subjunctive plur.1 | komen terecht | kwamen terecht | terechtkomen | terechtkwamen | |||||
| imperative sing. | kom terecht | ||||||||
| imperative plur.1 | komt terecht | ||||||||
| participles | terechtkomend | terechtgekomen | |||||||
| 1) Archaic. | |||||||||
Anagrams
- komen terecht