© Tobias Woelke 2019
The verb “kommen” is used in the context of coming.
Here is an example:
Peter kommt heute
Peter comes today
Woher kommst du?
Where are you coming from?
Or in another context … Where are you from?
The verb “ankommen” is used more often in contexts such as “just ariving to a place”
Der Zug ist gerade angekommen
The train has just arrived
The verb “zurückkommen” is used to say “return to a site”
Sabine ist in Italien. Sie kommt am Dienstag zurück
Sabine is in Italy, she returns on Tuesday