kumme

See also: kümme

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • komme (many dialects)
  • 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 a conflation of native kunn and German kommen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkumə/

Verb

kumme (third-person singular present kütt, past tense kom, past participle jekumme)

  1. (some Ripuarian dialects, including Kölsch) to come

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt. Compare German kommen, Dutch komen, English come.

Noun

kumme

  1. to come
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