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kammen

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See also: kämmen and Kämmen

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From kam +‎ -en. Displaced earlier kemmen (see there for further etymology), which is morphologically identical to kammen but was inherited from Proto-Germanic, demonstrating the effects of umlaut.

Verb

kammen

  1. to comb (use a comb to groom hair, fur etc.)
  2. to use any other comb, even mechanically
Conjugation
Conjugation of kammen (weak)
infinitive kammen
past singular kamde
past participle gekamd
infinitive kammen
gerund kammen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kam kamde
2nd person sing. (jij) kamt, kam2 kamde
2nd person sing. (u) kamt kamde
2nd person sing. (gij) kamt kamde
3rd person singular kamt kamde
plural kammen kamden
subjunctive sing.1 kamme kamde
subjunctive plur.1 kammen kamden
imperative sing. kam
imperative plur.1 kamt
participles kammend gekamd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: kam
  • 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