komme

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• kumme (some Ripuarian dialects, including Kölsch)
• kun, kunn, konn (Ripuarian; some Moselle Franconian dialects; chiefly dated)

Etymology

From Old High German queman. The form is native in Moselle Franconian, but borrowed from German in Ripuarian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkomə/

Verb

komme (third-person singular present kennt or kött, past tense kom, past participle komme or jekomme or gekomme)

1. to come

Usage notes

• The present conjugation in Moselle Franconian goes: du kenns, hä kennt, dir kommt.
• The present conjugation in Ripuarian goes: du köss, hä kött, ühr kott. These forms are vestiges of the old infinitive konn, kunn.

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish komæ, kommæ, kombæ, from Old Norse koma, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔmə/, [ˈkʰʌmə], [ˈkʰʌmm̩]

Verb

komme (imperative kom, present kommer, past kom, present participle kommende, past participle, common kommen, neuter kommet, definite and plural komne)

1. come
2. get
3. arrive
4. put

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Estonian

Etymology

Of Finnic origin. Cognate to Finnish komme (“trick, deception”) and Livonian kom (“deception”).

Noun

komme (genitive kombe, partitive kommet)

1. custom, tradition
2. habit

Declension

Inflection of komme (ÕS type 6/mõte, mb-mm gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	komme	kombed
accusative	kombe	kombed
genitive	kombe	kommete
partitive	kommet	kombeid
illative	kombesse	kommetesse kombeisse
inessive	kombes	kommetes kombeis
elative	kombest	kommetest kombeist
allative	kombele	kommetele kombeile
adessive	kombel	kommetel kombeil
ablative	kombelt	kommetelt kombeilt
translative	kombeks	kommeteks kombeiks
terminative	kombeni	kommeteni
essive	kombena	kommetena
abessive	kombeta	kommeteta
comitative	kombega	kommetega

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German

Verb

komme

1. First-person singular present of kommen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of kommen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of kommen.
4. Imperative singular of kommen.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse koma

Verb

komme (imperative kom, present tense kommer, simple past kom, past participle kommet, present participle kommende)

1. to come
2. to ejaculate (vulgar)

Derived terms

• nykommer
• omkomme

References

• “komme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

komme (present tense kjem, past tense kom, past participle komme, passive infinitive kommast, present participle kommande, imperative kom)

1. Alternative form of koma

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian koma, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-. Compare Saterland Frisian kuume, English come, Dutch komen, Low German kamen, German kommen, Danish komme.

Verb

komme

1. To come

Conjugation

Conjugation of komme

Infinitive: komme
	Present tense				Past tense
person	singular		plural		singular		plural
1st	ik	kom	wy	komme	ik	kaam	wy	kamen
2nd	do/dû	komst	jimme	komme	do/dû	kaamst	jimme	kamen
3rd	hy/sy	komt	hja	komme	hy/sy	kaam	hja	kamen
	Present participle		Imperative		Auxiliary		Past participle
	kommend (kommende)		kom		wêze		kommen

• Variant past participle: komd, kaam