drankommen

German

Etymology

dran- + kommen

Pronunciation

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Verb

drankommen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present kommt dran, past tense kam dran, past participle drangekommen, past subjunctive käme dran, auxiliary sein)

  1. (informal) to touch inadvertently
    Das war keine Absicht. Ich muss da irgendwie drangekommen sein.
    That wasn't on purpose. I must have touched it somehow.
  2. (informal) to manage to reach
    Bring mir mal den Stuhl. Ich komm nicht an das Brett dran.
    Fetch me the chair, would you? I can't reach the board.
  3. (colloquial) to manage to obtain; to come by; to get at
    Teuer sind die nicht besonders, aber es ist schwer, da dranzukommen.
    They're not particularly expensive, but hard to come by.
  4. (informal) to have one's go/turn
    Du kommst als Nächstes dran.You're next.
    Ich hab mich die ganze Zeit gemeldet, aber bin gar nicht drangekommen.
    I had my hand raised the whole time, but I never got my turn.
  5. (colloquial) to take office; to assume some high position (especially political)
    Wann ist der Kohl drangekommen? – 1982, glaub ich.
    When did Kohl become chancellor? – 1982, I think.
  6. (colloquial) to be asked about in a test
    Das braucht ihr nicht lernen. Das kommt eh nicht dran.
    You don’t have to revise this. It won't be tested anyway.

Usage notes

  • In senses 1 to 3, drankommen is most often construed with a pronominal adverb (da, hier, etc.). It can also be construed with an + accusative (as in example 2), but in this case dran is not necessary and could just as well be left out; thus: Ich komm nicht an das Brett.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • drankommen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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