kamen
See also: Kamen, kámen, kämen, kåmen, and kameň
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkamɛn]
Noun
kamen n
- genitive plural of kamna
German
Pronunciation
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Verb
kamen
- first/third-person plural preterite of kommen
Japanese
Romanization
kamen
- Rōmaji transcription of かめん
Karao
Noun
kamen
- sleeping mat
Low German
Alternative forms
- kuemen (Westphalian)
- koamen, kuamen, kummen (New Saxon Spelling)
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
- IPA(key): /ˈkɒːmən/
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 [already].
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
- achterankamen
- ankamen
- bikamen
- foortkamen
- gegenkamen
- in de Bredullje kamen
- in de Mööt kamen
- in de Raasch kamen
- inkamen
- mitkamen
- nakamen
- op de Welt kamen
- opkamen
- tokamen
- topass kamen
- torechtkamen
- torüchkamen
- twüschenkamen
- utkamen
- vörbikamen
- vörkamen
- wegkamen
- överkamen
- ümkamen
- üm't Leven kamen
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (obsolete): kami
Etymology
Morphologically kam + -en, from the oblique stem of Proto-Slavic *kamy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kâmeːn/
- Hyphenation: ka‧men
Noun
kȁmēn m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ме̄н)
- stone
Declension
Declension of kamen
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kamen | kameni |
| genitive | kamena | kamena |
| dative | kamenu | kamenima |
| accusative | kamen | kamene |
| vocative | kamene | kameni |
| locative | kamenu | kamenima |
| instrumental | kamenom | kamenima |
Further reading
- “kamen” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kamy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kàːmən/
Noun
kámən m inan
- stone
Inflection
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | kámen | ||
| gen. sing. | kámna | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | kámen | kámna | kámni |
| accusative | kámen | kámna | kámne |
| genitive | kámna | kámnov | kámnov |
| dative | kámnu | kámnoma | kámnom |
| locative | kámnu | kámnih | kámnih |
| instrumental | kámnom | kámnoma | kámni |
Further reading
- “kamen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran