bekommen — meaning in English

English meaning

• catch verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
• get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
• have verb To own or possess something.
• receive verb To be given, sent, or handed something.

Senses

bekommen is used for these senses in English:

• catch (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for. [from 17thc.]
• come by (intransitive) To come near to; to pass; to visit.
• get (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
• get (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
• have (transitive) To give birth to.
• receive (transitive, dated) To take, as something that is offered; to accept.
• receive (telecommunications) To detect a signal from a transmitter.

catch — full definition

1. verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
2. verb To become infected with an illness.
3. verb To notice, understand, or hear something.
4. noun A hidden difficulty or drawback in an otherwise appealing deal or plan.
5. noun Something captured, especially fish.

get — full definition

1. verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
2. verb To become, or to cause someone or something to become, a certain way (often with an adjective).
3. verb To fetch or bring something.
4. verb To arrive at or reach a place or state.
5. verb To understand something.

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