achterkomen
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ach‧ter‧ko‧men
Verb
achterkomen
- to discover, to realise
- Synonyms: ontdekken, realiseren
- Ik kwam er gisteren achter dat er geen pinguïns zijn op de Noordpool. ― I discovered that there are no penguins on the North Pole yesterday.
- Niemand komt achter ons geheim. ― Nobody discovers our secret.
Conjugation
| Inflection of achterkomen (strong class 4, irregular, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | achterkomen | |||
| past singular | kwam achter | |||
| past participle | achtergekomen | |||
| infinitive | achterkomen | |||
| gerund | achterkomen n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | kom achter | kwam achter | achterkom | achterkwam |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | komt achter | kwam achter | achterkomt | achterkwam |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | komt achter | kwam achter | achterkomt | achterkwam |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | komt achter | kwaamt achter | achterkomt | achterkwaamt |
| 3rd person singular | komt achter | kwam achter | achterkomt | achterkwam |
| plural | komen achter | kwamen achter | achterkomen | achterkwamen |
| subjunctive sing.1 | kome achter | kwame achter | achterkome | achterkwame |
| subjunctive plur.1 | komen achter | kwamen achter | achterkomen | achterkwamen |
| imperative sing. | kom achter | |||
| imperative plur.1 | komt achter | |||
| participles | achterkomend | achtergekomen | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
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