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Afrikaans

Noun

komme

  1. plural of kom

Central Franconian

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-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt. The form is native in Moselle Franconian, but borrowed from German in Ripuarian.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to come

Usage notes

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish komæ, kommæ, kombæ, from Old Norse koma, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, cognate with English come, German kommen. The Germanic verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (to step), cf. Latin veniō, Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō) (whence also base and basis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʰʌmə], [ˈkʰʌmm̩]
  • Rhymes: -ɒmə

Verb

komme (imperative kom, present kommer, past kom, past participle kommet, c kommen, definite or plural komne)

  1. to come
    Kom med mig
    Come with me
  2. to get
  3. (intransitive) To appear, to manifest itself; come
    Smerten i benet kommer og går
    The pain in his leg comes and goes.
  4. to arrive
    Han kom i tid
    He came on time
  5. to put
    Han kom glasur på
    He put frosting on
  6. to reach orgasm; to come
    Han kom i min hånd
    He came in my hand

Conjugation

More information active, passive ...

References

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kombëh. Cognates include dialectal Finnish komme (trick, stunt), Livonian kom (deception) and Karelian kompeh (tool, appliance).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkomˑe/, [ˈkomˑe̞]
  • Rhymes: -omˑe
  • Hyphenation: kom‧me

Noun

komme (genitive kombe, partitive kommet)

  1. custom, tradition (traditional behaviour or customary practice specific to a particular society or locality, or to an event)
    Synonym: tava
  2. habit (a well-established way of acting or behaving in a certain manner)
  3. (chiefly in the plural) manners (conduct which conforms or does not conform to general beliefs, requirements or standards)
Declension
More information Declension of (ÕS type 6/mõte, mb-mm gradation), singular ...
Derived terms
  • kombekas
  • kombeline
  • kombestik
  • kombetu
  • komblus
  • kombe
  • kombel
  • kombes
  • kombesse

Compounds

  • ebausukomme
  • eksikombel
  • elukomme
  • imekombel
  • jaanipäevakomme
  • jõulukomme
  • lauakomme
  • matmiskomme
  • matusekomme
  • näärikomme
  • ohverdamiskomme
  • pulmakomme
  • rahvakomme
  • santimiskomme
  • tervitamiskomme
  • tervituskomme
  • usukomme
  • vastlakomme
  • viisakuskomme
  • õnnekombel
  • kombekohane
  • kombeks olema
  • kombelage
  • kombelõtv
  • kombetalitaja
  • kombetalitus
  • kombevabadus
  • kombevastane
  • kombeõpetus

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkomːe/, [ˈkomːe̞]
  • Rhymes: -omːe
  • Hyphenation: kom‧me

Noun

komme

  1. partitive plural of komm

References

  • komme in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • komme”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kombëh (compare Estonian komme).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkomːeˣ/, [ˈko̞mːe̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -omːe
  • Syllabification(key): kom‧me
  • Hyphenation(key): kom‧me

Noun

komme (dialectal)

  1. trick, stunt
  2. tool, contraption, thingamajig

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

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German

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Germany):(file)

Verb

komme

  1. inflection of kommen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Hunsrik

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

komme

  1. to come
    Ich komme fun de Fabrick.
    I'm coming from the factory.
    De Dod kommd fer ihn.
    Death is coming to him.

Inflection

More information infinitive, participle ...

The present participle is uncommonly used,
but can be made with the suffix -end.

Derived terms

Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse koma.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to come
  2. to ejaculate (vulgar)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

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

  1. alternative form of koma

Derived terms

Swedish

Verb

komme

  1. (archaic) present subjunctive of komma
  2. (dated) past subjunctive of komma

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian koma, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-.

Pronunciation

Verb

komme

  1. to come

Inflection

More information Strong class 4, infinitive ...
  • (variant past participle) komd, kaam

Further reading

  • komme”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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