komme

Alternative forms

• kumme (some Ripuarian dialects, including Kölsch)
• kun, 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 native in Moselle Franconian, but borrowed from German in Ripuarian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkomə/

Verb

komme (third-person singular present kennt or kött, past tense kom, past participle komme or jekomme or gekomme)

1. to come

Etymology

From Old Danish komæ, kommæ, kombæ, from Old Norse koma, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔmə/, [ˈkʰʌmə], [ˈkʰʌmm̩]

Verb

komme (imperative kom, present kommer, past kom, present participle kommende, past participle, common kommen, neuter kommet, definite and plural komne)

1. come
2. get
3. arrive
4. put
5. reach orgasm

Etymology

Of Finnic origin. Cognate to Finnish komme (“trick, deception”) and Livonian kom (“deception”).

Noun

komme (genitive kombe, partitive kommet)

1. custom, tradition
2. habit

Verb

komme

1. First-person singular present of kommen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of kommen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of kommen.
4. Imperative singular of kommen.

Etymology

From Middle High German komen, kumen, from Old High German kweman (rarer cuman, chuman), from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɔmə/

Verb

komme

1. to come

   Ich komme fun de Fabrick.

   I'm coming from the factory.

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Etymology

From Old Norse koma

Verb

komme (imperative kom, present tense kommer, simple past kom, past participle kommet, present participle kommende)

1. to come
2. to ejaculate (vulgar)

References

• “komme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Verb

komme (present tense kjem, past tense kom, past participle komme, passive infinitive kommast, present participle kommande, imperative kom)

1. Alternative form of koma

Etymology

From Old Frisian koma, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-. Compare Saterland Frisian kuume, English come, Dutch komen, Low German kamen, German kommen, Danish komme.

Verb

komme

1. to come