From Middle Dutch kemmen, from Old Dutch *kemben, from Proto-West Germanic *kambijan, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną, from *kambaz (“comb”). Still used up to the 17th century, but replaced by kammen, which was re-formed from the noun.
kemmen
| Conjugation of kemmen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | kemmen | |||
| past singular | kemde | |||
| past participle | gekemd | |||
| infinitive | kemmen | |||
| gerund | kemmen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | kem | kemde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | kemt, kem2 | kemde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | kemt | kemde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | kemt | kemde | ||
| 3rd person singular | kemt | kemde | ||
| plural | kemmen | kemden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | kemme | kemde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | kemmen | kemden | ||
| imperative sing. | kem | |||
| imperative plur.1 | kemt | |||
| participles | kemmend | gekemd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
From Old Dutch *kemben, from Proto-West Germanic *kambijan, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną.
kemmen
| Weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | kemmen | |
| 3rd sg. past | — | |
| 3rd pl. past | — | |
| Past participle | — | |
| Infinitive | kemmen | |
| In genitive | kemmens | |
| In dative | kemmene | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | kemme | — |
| 2nd singular | kems, kemmes | — |
| 3rd singular | kemt, kemmet | — |
| 1st plural | kemmen | — |
| 2nd plural | kemt, kemmet | — |
| 3rd plural | kemmen | — |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | kemme | — |
| 2nd singular | kems, kemmes | — |
| 3rd singular | kemme | — |
| 1st plural | kemmen | — |
| 2nd plural | kemt, kemmet | — |
| 3rd plural | kemmen | — |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | kem, kemme | |
| Plural | kemt, kemmet | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | kemmende | — |
kemmen
From Middle High German komen, kumen, from Old High German kweman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”). Cognate with German kommen, English come.
kemmen