kammen

See also: kämmen and Kämmen

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑ.mə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: kam‧men
• Rhymes: -ɑmən

Etymology 1

From kam +‎ -en. Displaced earlier kemmen (see there for further etymology), which is morphologically identical to kammen but was inherited from Proto-Germanic, demonstrating the effects of umlaut.

Verb

kammen

1. to comb (use a comb to groom hair, fur etc.)
2. to use any other comb, even mechanically

Conjugation

Conjugation of kammen (weak)
infinitive	kammen
past singular	kamde
past participle	gekamd
infinitive	kammen
gerund	kammen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	kam	kamde
2nd person sing. (jij)	kamt, kam2	kamde
2nd person sing. (u)	kamt	kamde
2nd person sing. (gij)	kamt	kamde
3rd person singular	kamt	kamde
plural	kammen	kamden
subjunctive sing.1	kamme	kamde
subjunctive plur.1	kammen	kamden
imperative sing.	kam
imperative plur.1	kamt
participles	kammend	gekamd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• uitkammen

Related terms

• kamwiel
• roskammen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kam
• Negerhollands: kam
• →? Saramaccan: kamm

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kammen

1. plural of kam

Finnish

Noun

kammen

1. genitive singular of kampi

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

kammen m

1. definite singular of kam

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kammen m

1. definite singular of kam

Swedish

Noun

kammen

1. definite singular of kam