kammen

See also: kämmen and Kämmen

Dutch

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

Etymology 1

From kam. Displaced earlier kemmen, from Middle Dutch kemben, kemmen, from Old Dutch *kemben, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną, from *kambaz (“comb”).

Verb

kammen

  1. to comb (use a comb to groom hair, fur etc.)
  2. to use any other comb, even mechanically
Inflection
Inflection of kammen (weak)
infinitive kammen
past singular kamde
past participle gekamd
infinitive kammen
gerund kammen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kamkamde
2nd person sing. (jij) kamtkamde
2nd person sing. (u) kamtkamde
2nd person sing. (gij) kamtkamde
3rd person singular kamtkamde
plural kammenkamden
subjunctive sing.1 kammekamde
subjunctive plur.1 kammenkamden
imperative sing. kam
imperative plur.1 kamt
participles kammendgekamd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
  • uitkammen
  • kamwiel
  • roskammen
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: kam
  • →? Saramaccan: kamm

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kammen

  1. plural of kam

Finnish

Noun

kammen

  1. genitive singular of kampi

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

kammen m

  1. definite singular of kam

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kammen m

  1. definite singular of kam

Swedish

Noun

kammen

  1. definite singular of kam
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