Verb

bekommen

Translation

to get, to receive

Ich bekomme ein Geschenk.

I'm getting a present.

Ich bekomme Hunger.

I'm getting hungry.

((sth.)) ((from sb./sth.)) to get sth. from sb./sth. I'm getting a package from my friend.

((a condition)) to get/start to feel a condition I'm getting scared.

Synonyms: erhalten, kriegen; Antonyms: geben (to give), schicken (to send)

Prefix 'be-' (acting upon something) + 'kommen' (to come). The idea of something 'coming to' you.

False friend alert! It looks like 'become', but it means 'to get' or 'to receive'. Think of something 'be-coming' yours.