kämmen

From Proto-Finnic *kämmen, possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *käme. Cognate to Estonian kämmal, Veps kämen, Ludian kämmeń, Votic tšämmel, Karelian kämmen, Ingrian kämmen. Compare Inari Sami kiämád, Eastern Khanty (kömən).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæmːen/,
• Rhymes: -æmːen
• Hyphenation^(key): käm‧men

kämmen

1. (anatomy) palm

• “kämmen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

From Middle High German kemben, kemmen, from Old High German kemben, kempen, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (“to comb”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛmən/, ,

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• Hyphenation: käm‧men

kämmen (weak, third-person singular present kämmt, past tense kämmte, past participle gekämmt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to comb; to brush (hair)

   Ich kämme dir kurz die Haare.

   I’ll comb / brush your hair quickly.

2. (transitive) to comb or brush someone’s hair

   Ich kämme dich kurz.

   I’ll comb / brush your hair quickly.

   (literally, “I’ll comb you quickly.”)

3. (reflexive) to brush one’s own hair

   Ich kämme mich kurz.

   I’ll comb / brush my hair quickly.

• German kämmen is used irrespective of whether a comb or brush is used. The construction sich das Haar bürsten (literally “to brush one’s hair”) is surely possible, but is less common than in English. Bürsten often implies the exertion of some pressure, especially for cleaning.

• abkämmen
• auskämmen
• durchkämmen

• Kamm

• “kämmen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “kämmen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “kämmen” in Duden online
• “kämmen” in OpenThesaurus.de

From Proto-Finnic *kämmen. Cognates include Finnish kämmen and Veps kämen.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkæmːen/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkæmːen/,
• Rhymes: -æmːen
• Hyphenation: käm‧men

kämmen

1. palm (of the hand)

• kämmel

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 234

From Proto-Finnic *kämmen.

kämmen

1. palm (of the hand)

From Proto-Finnic *kämmen.

kämmen (genitive kämmenen, partitive kämmendy)

1. (anatomy) palm

From Old High German kemben, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną. Cognate with German kämmen, Dutch kemmen, English comb, Icelandic kemba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæmən/

kämmen (third-person singular present kämmt, past participle gekämmt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to comb

• Kamp