kamen
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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
kamen n
German
Pronunciation
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Verb
kamen
Japanese
Romanization
kamen
Karao
Noun
kamen
Low German
Alternative forms
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
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 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 .
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. | ||
Other spellings and forms:
- First person singular present indicative: kam
- First and third person singular past subjunctive: kem/kem'
Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Morphologically kam + -en, from the oblique stem of Proto-Slavic *kamy.
Pronunciation
Noun
kȁmēn m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ме̄н)
Declension
Declension of kamen
Further reading
- “kamen”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kamy.
Pronunciation
Noun
kámən m inan
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- “kamen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “kamen”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references