sie herkamen

came here, came over

→ herkommen
her from here, from there (toward the speaker) + kam come + en 3rd-person plural past
verb · third plural · past indicative Rare #44,592
came here, came over
GE: Die Kinder herkamen, als sie uns sahen.
EN: The children came over when they saw us.
Conjugation of herkommen
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third herkam herkamen

Dort, wo wir herkamen, wurde man entweder Priester oder Bandit.

Where we came from, you either became a priest or a bandit.

— Zwei glorreiche Halunken (1966)

Hast du mit dem Whisky schon angefangen, bevor wir herkamen?

Had you already started drinking the whisky before we arrived?

— The Man from Earth (2007)

Willst du nicht wissen, warum sie herkamen?

Don't you want to know why they came here?

— Prometheus - Dunkle Zeichen (2012)

Was glaubst du, wo die Bullen herkamen?

Where do you think the cops came from?

— Reservoir Dogs - Wilde Hunde (1992)