kamen

• IPA^(key): [ˈkamɛn]

kamen n

1. genitive plural of kamna

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kamen

1. first/third-person plural preterite of kommen

kamen

1. Rōmaji transcription of かめん

kamen

1. sleeping mat

• kuemen (Westphalian)
• koamen, kuamen, kummen (New Saxon Spelling)

From Middle Low German kōmen, from Old Saxon kuman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-.

Compare Dutch komen, German kommen, West Frisian komme, English come, Danish komme.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒːmən/

kamen (third-person singular simple present kümmt, past keem, past participle kamen, auxiliary verb wesen)

1. to come
2. to happen, to arise, to come to be, to be caused

   Worüm fallt allens alltiet hendaal? — Dat kümmt vunwegen de Swoorkraft.

   Why does everything always fall downwards? — That happens because of gravity.

   Woans kümmt?

   How come?

3. (intransitive) to come on; to cooperate; to join

   Ach kümm, dat will al nich so slimm warrn.

   Aw, come on, it won’t be so bad.

   Kaamt, deckt doch schöön mal de Disch.

   Come on, just set the table [already].

Other spellings and forms:

• First person singular present indicative: kam
• First and third person singular past subjunctive: kem/kem'

• kami (obsolete)

Morphologically kam +‎ -en, from the oblique stem of Proto-Slavic *kamy.

• IPA^(key): /kâmeːn/
• Hyphenation: ka‧men

kȁmēn m inan (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ме̄н)

1. stone

• “kamen”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From Proto-Slavic *kamy.

• IPA^(key): /kàːmən/

kámən m inan

1. stone

• “kamen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “kamen”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references