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komme
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Afrikaans
Noun
komme
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
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)
- 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
Verb
komme (imperative kom, present kommer, past kom, past participle kommet, c kommen, definite or plural komne)
- to come
- Kom med mig
- Come with me
- to get
- (intransitive) To appear, to manifest itself; come
- Smerten i benet kommer og går
- The pain in his leg comes and goes.
- to arrive
- Han kom i tid
- He came on time
- to put
- Han kom glasur på
- He put frosting on
- to reach orgasm; to come
- Han kom i min hånd
- He came in my hand
Conjugation
References
Estonian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *kombëh. Cognates include dialectal Finnish komme (“trick, stunt”), Livonian kom (“deception”) and Karelian kompeh (“tool, appliance”).
Pronunciation
Noun
komme (genitive kombe, partitive kommet)
- custom, tradition (traditional behaviour or customary practice specific to a particular society or locality, or to an event)
- Synonym: tava
- habit (a well-established way of acting or behaving in a certain manner)
- (chiefly in the plural) manners (conduct which conforms or does not conform to general beliefs, requirements or standards)
Declension
Derived terms
- kombekas
- kombeline
- kombestik
- kombetu
- komblus
Related terms
- 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
Noun
komme
References
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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kombëh (compare Estonian komme).
Pronunciation
Noun
komme (dialectal)
Declension
Derived terms
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German
Pronunciation
Verb
komme
- inflection of kommen:
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
- to come
- Ich komme fun de Fabrick.
- I'm coming from the factory.
- De Dod kommd fer ihn.
- Death is coming to him.
Inflection
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
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
komme (imperative kom, present tense kommer, simple past kom, past participle kommet, present participle kommende)
Derived terms
References
- “komme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
komme (present tense kjem, past tense kom, past participle komme, passive infinitive kommast, present participle kommande, imperative kom)
- alternative form of koma
Derived terms
Swedish
Verb
komme
- (archaic) present subjunctive of komma
- (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
- to come
Inflection
- (variant past participle) komd, kaam
Further reading
- “komme”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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