kamen

See also: Kamen, kámen, kämen, kåmen, and kameň

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkamɛn]

Noun

kamen n

  1. genitive plural of kamna

German

Pronunciation
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Verb

kamen

  1. first/third-person plural preterite of kommen

Japanese

Romanization

kamen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of かめん

Karao

Noun

kamen

  1. 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

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  1. to come
  2. 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?
  3. (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

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

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)

  1. stone

Declension
Declension of kamen
singular plural
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) kameni
genitive kamena kamena
dative kamenu kamenima
accusative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) 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

  1. stone

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading
  • “kamen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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