kommen

From Proto-Germanic *kwemaną.

kommen

1. to come
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Kommen. Venire.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰʌmm̩]

Via Middle Low German komen, komīn from Latin cumīnum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon), from Akkadian 𒂵𒈬𒉡 (Ú.GAMUN /⁠kamūnu⁠/). Compare also Swedish kummin, German Kümmel, English cumin.

kommen (singular definite kommen, not used in plural form)

1. caraway

• “kommen” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “kommen” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kommen

1. gerund of komme

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• Rhymes: -ɔmən

kommen

1. plural of kom

kommen

1. (Brabant, Limburg, informal) alternative form of komen

• komen, kumen, kummen (all obsolete)

From Middle High German quëmen, komen, kumen, from Old High German quëman (rarer cuman, chuman), from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-. Cognate with Low German kamen, Dutch komen, English come, Danish komme.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔmən/, [ˈkɔ.mən], [-mn̩], [-mm̩], (southern also) [-mɛn]

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• Hyphenation: kom‧men
• Rhymes: -ɔmən

kommen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present kommt, past tense kam, past participle gekommen, past subjunctive käme, auxiliary sein)

1. (intransitive) to come; to arrive

   Er kam letzte Nacht sehr spät nach Hause. ― He came home very late last night.

   Als ich nach Wuppertal kam, hatte es gerade geschneit ― When I arrived in Wuppertal, it had just snowed.

2. (intransitive) to come to; to come over (go somewhere so as to join someone else)

   Bleib sitzen! Ich komme zu dir. ― Keep your seat! I’m coming over to you.

   Und viele kamen zu ihm und sprachen... ― And many resorted unto him and said... (John 10:41)

3. (intransitive) to get; to make it (go somewhere in a way that implies an obstacle or difficulty to be overcome)

   Ich komme nicht über die Mauer. ― I can’t get over this wall.

   Wenn er den Zug verpasst, kommt er heute nicht nach Nürnberg. ― If he misses the train, he won’t make it to Nuremberg today.

4. (intransitive) to go to; to be put in (go somewhere in a way that is predetermined or prearranged)

   Hartnäckige Sünder kommen in die Hölle. ― Persistant sinners will go to hell.

   Die Gruppensieger kommen ins Halbfinale. ― The group winners will go to the semifinals.

5. (intransitive, imperative, often with schon) to come on (used to encourage someone)

   Ach komm, das wird so schlimm nicht werden. ― Aw, come on, it won’t be so bad.

   Kommt, deckt schon mal den Tisch! ― Come on, just set the table already.

6. (intransitive, impersonal) to occur; to happen; to come to be

   Dann kam, was alle befürchtet hatten. ― Then happened that which everybody had feared.

   Wie kommt es, dass...? ― Why is it that ...? How come that...?

7. (impersonal) to be played (of a song or film)

   Eben kam mein Lieblingslied. ― They just played my favourite song.

8. (intransitive) to be due to; to be the result of [with von (+ dative) or durch (+ accusative) ‘something’]

   Das kommt alles von deiner Faulheit. ― All of that is due to your laziness.

9. (intransitive) to come from (to have a social or geographic background) [with aus (+ dative)]

   Sie kommt aus der Schweiz. ― She comes from Switzerland.

   Sie kommt aus einer Diplomatenfamilie. ― She comes from a family of diplomats.

10. (intransitive) to orgasm; to cum

    Ich komme gleich! ― I’m about to cum!

11. (impersonal) to orgasm; for there to be cumming [with dative ‘by someone’] (idiomatically translated by English cum with the dative object as the subject)

    Mir kommt's gleich! ― I’m about to cum!

12. (intransitive) to be statistically equivalent to; to be there for [with auf (+ accusative)]

    Auf jeden Verkehrstoten kommen zwanzig Verletzte.

    For each traffic fatality there are twenty injured people.

13. (intransitive) to obtain (a solution or result) [with auf (+ accusative)]

    Die Werte wurden frisiert, um auf das gewünschte Ergebnis zu kommen.

    The values were manipulated in order to obtain the desired result.

14. (intransitive) to get an idea; to think of; to remember; to imagine [with auf (+ accusative)]

    Ich komme im Moment nicht drauf, aber ich sag’s dir später.

    I can’t think of it right now, but I’ll tell you later.

    Ich weiß wirklich nicht, wie du immer auf diese Einfälle kommst.

    I really don’t know how you always get all those ideas.

15. (intransitive) to lose; to forfeit; not to get [with um (+ accusative)]

    Er hat Angst, dass er um seinen Anteil kommt.

    He fears that he won’t get his share.

16. (intransitive) to touch inadvertently [with an (+ accusative) or gegen (+ accusative) ‘something’]

    Pass auf, dass du nicht an die frische Farbe kommst.

    Be careful not to touch the wet paint.

17. (intransitive) to manage to reach (something high up etc.) [with an (+ accusative)]

    Hilf ihm mal, er kommt nicht an den Griff.

    Help him, he can't reach the handle.

18. (informal, intransitive) to come up with, to mention, cite, suggest [with mit (+ dative)]

    Er kommt immer wieder mit diesem dummen Vorschlag.

    Time and again he comes up with that stupid suggestion.

19. (colloquial, copulative) to turn out [with gut or in Ordnung ‘well’]

    Am Ende kommt hoffentlich alles gut.

    In the end, hopefully all will turn out well.

• In dialectal usage, and in archaic written style, the 2nd and 3rd person singular forms of the present may have umlaut: du kömmst, er kömmt.

• “kommen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “kommen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “kommen” in Duden online
• “kommen” in OpenThesaurus.de

From Middle High German komen, from Old High German kweman. Cognate with German kommen, Dutch komen, English come.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkomən/

kommen (third-person singular present kënnt, preterite koum, past participle komm, past subjunctive kéim, auxiliary verb sinn)

1. to come

kommen

1. past participle of komma

kommen

1. (obsolete) second-person plural present indicative of komma
2. (archaic or dialectal) second-person plural imperative of komma

   Upp, alla I som ären törstiga, kommen hit och fån vatten

   Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters (Isaiah 55:1)