vorkommen — to happen, to occur, to seem, to appear in German
/ˈfoːɐkɔmən/
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B1
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Example Sentences
Es wird nicht wieder vorkommen.
It won't happen again.
Das soll nicht wieder vorkommen!
It shouldn't happen again.
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Corpus Neighbors
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ziehen
to pull, to drag, to draw, to move
entstehen
to arise, to originate, to develop, to form, to emerge
handeln
to deal, to trade, to act, to take action
darstellen
to depict, to present, to represent, to portray, to pose
entwickeln
to develop
erkennen
to recognize, to recognise, to see, to identify, to detect
folgen
to follow
erwarten
to expect, to await, to anticipate
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