kamen
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kamen n
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kamen
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kamen
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kamen
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Etymology edit
From Middle Low German kōmen, from Old Saxon kuman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-.
Compare Dutch komen, German kommen, West Frisian komme, English come, Danish komme.
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Verb edit
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 come?
- (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 edit
Conjugation of kamen (class 4 strong verb)
infinitive | kamen | |
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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. |
Other spellings and forms:
- First person singular present indicative: kam
- First and third person singular past subjunctive: kem/kem'
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Serbo-Croatian edit
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- kami (obsolete)
Etymology edit
Morphologically kam + -en, from the oblique stem of Proto-Slavic *kamy.
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Noun edit
kȁmēn m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ме̄н)
Declension edit
Declension of kamen
Further reading edit
- “kamen” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *kamy.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kámən m inan
Inflection edit
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | kámen | ||
gen. sing. | kámna | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
kámen | kámna | kámni |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
kámna | kámnov | kámnov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
kámnu | kámnoma | kámnom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
kámen | kámna | kámne |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
kámnu | kámnih | kámnih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
kámnom | kámnoma | kámni |
Further reading edit
- “kamen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran