zuvorkommen
In English: to anticipate, to beat (someone) to it
B1VERB
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Verb forms
- Präteritum
- kam zuvor
- Partizip II
- zuvorgekommen
- Perfekt auxiliary
- sein
Quick quiz
___ Zwang?
Example sentences
Du bist mir zuvorgekommen.
You beat me to it.
Tatoeba · TheNightAvl · CC BY 2.0 FRWie so oft ist mir jemand zuvorgekommen.
As so often, someone got there before me.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FRDon't forget this word
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