Kommst

Kommst is the second-person singular present indicative form of the German verb kommen, meaning to come. It is used with the pronoun du (informal singular) to describe an action by the person being addressed, for example: Du kommst heute Abend. It can also indicate origin in questions or statements, such as Woher kommst du? and Du kommst aus Frankreich.

The present tense forms of kommen are: ich komme, du kommst, er/sie/es kommt, wir kommen, ihr kommt, sie/Sie kommen. Therefore, kommst is specifically the form used with du in the present tense. It is not used as an imperative; for commands, the corresponding forms are Komm! (informal singular) and Kommt! (informal plural), while Kommen Sie! is the formal imperative.

Kommst appears in a wide range of contexts, including questions like Kommst du mit? (Are you coming along?), statements such as Du kommst aus Spanien (You come from Spain), and subordinate clauses: Ich glaube, dass du kommst. The verb kommen, including its form kommst, also features in many phrasal and idiomatic expressions in German.

Etymology and related forms: kommen derives from Old High German kumman; the modern du- ending -st is the evolved second-person singular ending in standard German. The form kommst is thus a regular development of the verb stem in the honed present tense system of modern German.