zu Wort kommen

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German

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Verb

zu Wort kommen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present kommt zu Wort, past tense kam zu Wort, past participle zu Wort gekommen, past subjunctive käme zu Wort, auxiliary sein)

  1. to get a chance to speak
    • 1916, Hermann Harry Schmitz, Buch der Katastrophen, Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 93:
      Ein plötzlich ausbrechendes Stimmengewirr, ein wütendes Gekeif ließ ihn nicht zu Wort kommen.
      A suddenly erupting babble of voices, a furious scolding did not let him get a chance to speak.

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