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kamen
kamen
Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German kōmen, from Old Saxon kuman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-. Compare Dutch komen, German kommen, West Frisian komme, English come, Danish komme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɒːmən/
Verb
kamen (third-person singular simple present kümmt, past keem, past participle kamen, auxiliary verb wesen)
- to come
- to happen, to arise, to come to be, to be caused
- Worüm fallt allens alltiet hendaal? — Dat kümmt vunwegen de Swoorkraft.
- Why does everything always fall downwards? — That happens because of gravity.
- Woans kümmt?
- How comes?
- Worüm fallt allens alltiet hendaal? — Dat kümmt vunwegen de Swoorkraft.
- (intransitive) to come on; to cooperate; to join
- Ach kümm, dat will al nich so slimm warrn. — “Aw, come on, it won’t be so bad.”
- Kaamt, deckt doch schöön mal de Disch. — “Come on, just set the table [already].”
Conjugation
Conjugation of kamen (class 4 strong verb)
| infinitive | kamen | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | preterite |
| 1st person singular | kaam | keem |
| 2nd person singular | kümms(t) | keems(t) |
| 3rd person singular | kümm(t) | keem |
| plural | kaamt, kaamen | kemen |
| imperative | present | — |
| singular | kaam | |
| plural | kaamt | |
| participle | present | past |
| kamen | (e)kamen, gekamen | |
| Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. | ||
Derived terms
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Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (obsolete): kami
Etymology
Morphologically kam + -en, from the oblique stem of Proto-Slavic *kamy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kâmeːn/
- Hyphenation: ka‧men
Noun
kȁmēn m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ме̄н)
Declension
Declension of kamen
References
- “kamen” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkàːmən/
- Tonal orthography: kámən
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kamy.
Noun
kámen m inan (genitive kámna, nominative plural kámni)