German edit

Etymology edit

From ab- +‎ kämmen.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ab‧käm‧men
  • IPA(key): /ˈapˌkɛmən/, [ˈʔapˌkɛmn̩]

Verb edit

abkämmen (weak, third-person singular present kämmt ab, past tense kämmte ab, past participle abgekämmt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to search an area
  2. to destroy by bombing

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Michael Robert, Karin Doerr (2002) Nazi-Deutsch/Nazi-German: An English lexicon of the language of the Third Reich, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 50

Further reading edit