kemmen
See also: këmmen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch kemmen, from Old Dutch *kemben, from Proto-West Germanic *kambijan, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną, from *kambaz (“comb”). Still used up to the 17th century, but replaced by kammen, which was re-formed from the noun.
Verb
kemmen
Conjugation
| Conjugation of kemmen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | kemmen | |||
| past singular | kemde | |||
| past participle | gekemd | |||
| infinitive | kemmen | |||
| gerund | kemmen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | kem | kemde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | kemt, kem2 | kemde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | kemt | kemde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | kemt | kemde | ||
| 3rd person singular | kemt | kemde | ||
| plural | kemmen | kemden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | kemme | kemde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | kemmen | kemden | ||
| imperative sing. | kem | |||
| imperative plur.1 | kemt | |||
| participles | kemmend | gekemd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *kemben, from Proto-West Germanic *kambijan, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną.
Verb
kemmen
- to comb
Conjugation
| infinitive | base form | kemmen | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | kemmens | ||||||
| dative | kemmene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | kemme | — | kemme | — | |||
| 2nd person singular | kems, kemmes | — | kems, kemmes | — | |||
| 3rd person singular | kemt, kemmet | — | kemme | — | |||
| 1st person plural | kemmen | — | kemmen | — | |||
| 2nd person plural | kemt, kemmet | — | kemt, kemmet | — | |||
| 3rd person plural | kemmen | — | kemmen | — | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | kem, kemme | ||||||
| plural | kemt, kemmet | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | kemmende | — | |||||
Alternative forms
Descendants
Further reading
- “kemben”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “kemmen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Verb
kemmen
- alternative form of kemben
Mòcheno
Etymology
From Middle High German komen, kumen, from Old High German kweman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”). Cognate with German kommen, English come.
Verb
kemmen
- to come
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien