kumme
See also: kümme
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- komme (many dialects)
- kuun, kunn, konn (Ripuarian; some Moselle Franconian dialects; chiefly dated)
Etymology
From Old High German kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt. The form is a conflation of native kunn and German kommen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkumə/
Verb
kumme (third-person singular present kütt, past tense kom, past participle jekumme)
- (some Ripuarian dialects, including Kölsch) to come
- 1981, “Jraaduss”, performed by BAP:
- Manchmol setz ich eröm un ich frooch mich, woröm
Et su kumme mot, wie et kom, wie et jetz es.
Un ich saach mer, datt et irjendwo wiggerjonn moss – jradus.- Sometimes I sit around and I wonder why
It had to come the way it came, the way it is now.
And I tell myself that somehow it has to go on – straight ahead.
- Sometimes I sit around and I wonder why
-
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German komen, from Old High German kweman. Compare German kommen, Dutch komen, English come.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʰʊmə/
Noun
kumme
- to come
Conjugation
Conjugation of kumme
infinitive | kumme | |
---|---|---|
past participle | iss kumme | |
future tense | waerd kumme | |
present tense | ||
1st person singular | kumm | |
2nd person singular | kummscht | |
3rd person singular | kummt | |
1st person plural | kumme | |
2nd person plural | kummt | |
3rd person plural | kumme | |
imperative | kumm |