See also: kämmen and Kämmen

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɑ.mə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: kam‧men
  • Rhymes: -ɑmən

Etymology 1

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From kam +‎ -en. Displaced earlier kemmen (see there for further etymology), which is morphologically identical to kammen but was inherited from Proto-Germanic, demonstrating the effects of umlaut.

Verb

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kammen

  1. to comb (use a comb to groom hair, fur etc.)
  2. to use any other comb, even mechanically
Conjugation
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Conjugation of kammen (weak)
infinitive kammen
past singular kamde
past participle gekamd
infinitive kammen
gerund kammen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kam kamde
2nd person sing. (jij) kamt, kam2 kamde
2nd person sing. (u) kamt kamde
2nd person sing. (gij) kamt kamde
3rd person singular kamt kamde
plural kammen kamden
subjunctive sing.1 kamme kamde
subjunctive plur.1 kammen kamden
imperative sing. kam
imperative plur.1 kamt
participles kammend gekamd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: kam
  • Negerhollands: kam
  • ? Saramaccan: kamm

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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kammen

  1. plural of kam

Finnish

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Noun

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kammen

  1. genitive singular of kampi

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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kammen m

  1. definite singular of kam

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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kammen m

  1. definite singular of kam

Swedish

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Noun

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kammen

  1. definite singular of kam