kamen

Verb

kamen

1. First-person plural preterite of kommen.
2. Third-person plural preterite of kommen.

Romanization

kamen

1. Rōmaji transcription of かめん

Etymology

From Middle Low German kōmen, from Old Saxon kuman, 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

kamen (third-person singular simple present kümmt, past keem, past participle kamen, auxiliary verb wesen)

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].

Alternative forms

• (obsolete): kami

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

References

• “kamen” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kamy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkàːmən/
• Tonal orthography: kámən

Noun

kámen m inan (genitive kámna, nominative plural kámni)

1. stone