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hinkommen

to get there / to add up / to manage

hinkommen – kam hin – ist hingekommen

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hinkommen vs stimmen

to be right / to vote / to tune

Stimmen and hinkommen can both express that a calculation or statement is correct. Stimmen confirms general correctness or agreement, while hinkommen refers especially to a correct or approximately fitting result in a calculation or estimate. For an approximate calculation, hinkommen is therefore often the better choice.

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hinkommen

Die Schätzung kommt mit ungefähr hundert Euro hin.

The estimate comes to about one hundred euros.

stimmen

Die Rechnung stimmt genau mit dem Kassenbon überein.

The calculation matches the receipt exactly.

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