komen
See also: Komen
Dutch
Alternative forms
- kommen
Etymology
From Middle Dutch cōmen, from Old Dutch cuman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoːmə(n)/
audio (Netherlands) (file) - Hyphenation: ko‧men
- Rhymes: -oːmən
Verb
komen
- (intransitive) to come
- (intransitive) to happen, to arise, to come to be, to be caused
- Waarom valt alles altijd naar beneden? — Dat komt door de zwaartekracht.
- Why does everything always fall downwards? — That happens because of gravity.
- Hoe komt het?
- How come?
Inflection
| Inflection of komen (strong class 4, irregular) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | komen | |||
| past singular | kwam | |||
| past participle | gekomen | |||
| infinitive | komen | |||
| gerund | komen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | kom | kwam | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | komt | kwam | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | komt | kwam | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | komt | kwaamt | ||
| 3rd person singular | komt | kwam | ||
| plural | komen | kwamen | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | kome | kwame | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | komen | kwamen | ||
| imperative sing. | kom | |||
| imperative plur.1 | komt | |||
| participles | komend | gekomen | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- aankomen
- achteropkomen
- bekomen
- bijkomen
- binnenkomen
- inkomen
- meekomen
- nakomen
- omkomen
- ontkomen
- opkomen
- overkomen
- rondkomen
- tegemoetkomen
- tegenkomen
- terechtkomen
- terugkomen
- thuiskomen
- toekomen
- tussenkomen
- uitkomen
- uit de tijd komen
- voorbijkomen
- voorkomen
- voortkomen
- wegkomen
Related terms
- komst
Descendants
- Afrikaans: kom
- Berbice Creole Dutch: kumu
- Javindo: kom
- Jersey Dutch: kôme
- Negerhollands: kom
- Skepi Creole Dutch: kum, com, come
Indonesian
Etymology
From English comment, either directly or via Malay komen, from Middle English coment, from Old French coment (“commentary”), from Late Latin commentum, from comminisci (“to invent”). Doublet of komentar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkomɛn]
- Hyphenation: ko‧mèn
Noun
komèn (first-person possessive komenku, second-person possessive komenmu, third-person possessive komennya)
- (Internet, colloquial) comment (spoken or written remark)
- Hypernym: komentar
Japanese
Romanization
komen
- Rōmaji transcription of こめん