• IPA^(key):[ˈkamɛn]

kamen n

1. genitiveplural ofkamna

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kamen

1. first/third-personpluralpreterite ofkommen

kamen

1. Rōmaji transcription ofかめん

kamen

1. sleepingmat

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

FromMiddle Low Germankōmen, fromOld Saxonkuman, fromProto-West Germanic*kweman, fromProto-Germanic*kwemaną, fromProto-Indo-European*gʷem-.

CompareDutchkomen,Germankommen,West Frisiankomme,Englishcome,Danishkomme.

• IPA^(key):/ˈkɒːmən/

kamen (third-person singular simple presentkümmt,pastkeem,past participlekamen,auxiliary verbwesen)

1. tocome
2. tohappen, toarise, to come to be, to becaused

   Worüm fallt allens alltiet hendaal? — Datkümmt vunwegen de Swoorkraft.

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

   Woanskümmt?

   How come?

3. (intransitive) tocome on; tocooperate; tojoin

   Achkümm, 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)

Morphologicallykam +‎-en, from the oblique stem ofProto-Slavic*kamy.

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

kȁmēn m (Cyrillic spellingка̏ме̄н)

1. stone

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

FromProto-Slavic*kamy.

• IPA^(key):/kàːmən/

kámən m inan

1. stone

• “kamen”, inSlovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “kamen”, inTermania, Amebis
• See also thegeneral references