quemen

Asturian

Verb

quemen

1. third-person plural present indicative of quemar
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of quemar

Middle English

Verb

quemen

1. to please; to gratify
   • c. 1380s, [Geoffrey Chaucer, William Caxton, editor], The Double Sorow of Troylus to Telle Kyng Pryamus Sone of Troye [...] [Troilus and Criseyde], [Westminster]: Explicit per Caxton, published 1482, →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], book V, [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     My fader nyl for no thyng do me grace / To gon aȝeyn, for naught I kan hym queme [...].

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Middle High German

Alternative forms

• komen, kumen

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German queman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈkwɛmən/

Verb

quëmen (irregular strong, third-person singular present quimet, past tense quam, past participle komen, past subjunctive quæme, auxiliary sîn)

1. to come

Conjugation

Conjugation of quëmen (irregular strong, auxiliary sîn)

infinitive		quëmen
genitive gerund		quëmennes quëmenes
dative gerund		quëmenne quëmene
present participle		quëmende
past participle		komen
auxiliary		sîn
	indicative			subjunctive
	singular	plural		singular	plural
present	ich quime	wir quëmen	i	ich quëme	wir quëmen
	du quimest	ir quëmet		du quëmest	ir quëmet
	ër quimet	sie quëment		ër quëme	sie quëmen
preterite	ich quam	wir quâmen	ii	ich quæme	wir quæmen
	du quæme	ir quâmet		du quæmest	ir quæmet
	ër quam	sie quâmen		ër quæme	sie quæmen
imperative	quim (du)	quëmet (ir)

Composed forms of quëmen (irregular strong, auxiliary sîn)

perfect
	singular	plural		singular	plural
indicative	ich bin komen	wir birn komen	subjunctive	ich sî komen	wir sîn komen
	du bist komen	ir birt komen		du sîst komen	ir sît komen
	ër ist komen	sie sint komen		ër sî komen	sie sîn komen
pluperfect
indicative	ich was komen	wir wâren komen	subjunctive	ich wære komen	wir wæren komen
	du wære komen	ir wâret komen		du wærest komen	ir wæret komen
	ër was komen	sie wâren komen		ër wære komen	sie wæren komen
future i
infinitive	quëmen süln		subjunctive i	ich sul quëmen	wir suln quëmen
				du sule quëmen	ir sulet quëmen
				ër sul quëmen	sie suln quëmen
indicative	ich sol quëmen	wir sulen quëmen	subjunctive ii	ich sölte quëmen ich sölde quëmen	wir sölten quëmen wir sölden quëmen
	du solt quëmen	ir sulet quëmen		du söltest quëmen du söldest quëmen	ir söltet quëmen ir söldet quëmen
	ër sol quëmen	sie sulen quëmen		ër sölte quëmen ër sölde quëmen	sie sölten quëmen sie sölden quëmen
future ii
infinitive	komen sîn süln		subjunctive i	ich sul komen sîn	wir suln komen sîn
				du sule komen sîn	ir sulet komen sîn
				ër sul komen sîn	sie suln komen sîn
indicative	ich sol komen sîn	wir sulen komen sîn	subjunctive ii	ich sölte komen sîn ich sölde komen sîn	wir sölten komen sîn wir sölden komen sîn
	du solt komen sîn	ir sulet komen sîn		du söltest komen sîn du söldest komen sîn	ir söltet komen sîn ir söldet komen sîn
	ër sol komen sîn	sie sulen komen sîn		ër sölte komen sîn ër sölde komen sîn	sie sölten komen sîn sie sölden komen sîn

Descendants

• Alemannic German: choo, cho, cha

  Italian Walser: cheemen, cheme, cho, chomu, chéeme

• Bavarian:

  Cimbrian: khemmen, khèmman, ken

  Mòcheno: kemmen

  Udinese: ckeman, kèmmin, khemen

• Central Franconian: komme, kumme (some Ripuarian dialects, including Kölsch), kun, kunn, konn (Ripuarian; some Moselle Franconian dialects; chiefly dated), kunn, kuun, konn, kumme, komme

  Hunsrik: komme

• German: kommen
• Luxembourgish: kommen
• Rhine Franconian:

  Pennsylvania German: kumme

• Yiddish: קומען (kumen)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “quemen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke‎^[1], Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Spanish

Verb

quemen

1. inflection of quemar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative