kweman

Old High German

Alternative forms

• queman, chueman, kuman, cuman, chuman

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt.

Verb

kweman

1. to come

Conjugation

Conjugation of kweman (strong class 4)

infinitive	kweman
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	kwimu, kwimo	kwam
2nd person singular	kwimis, kwimist	kwāmi
3rd person singular	kwimit	kwam
1st person plural	kwemem, kwememēs	kwāmum, kwāmumēs
2nd person plural	kwemet	kwāmut
3rd person plural	kwemant	kwāmun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	kweme	kwāmi
2nd person singular	kwemēs, kwemēst	kwāmīs, kwāmīst
3rd person singular	kweme	kwāmi
1st person plural	kwemēm, kwememēs	kwāmīm, kwāmīmēs
2nd person plural	kwemēt	kwāmīt
3rd person plural	kwemēn	kwāmīn
imperative	present
singular	kwim
plural	kwemet
participle	present	past
	kwemanti	kwom

Descendants

• Middle High German: komen, kumen
  • Alemannic German: choo, cho, cha

    Italian Walser: cheemen, cheme, cho, chomu, chéeme

  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: khemmen, khèmman, ken

    Mòcheno: kemmen

    Udinese: ckeman, kèmmin, khemen

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

    Hunsrik: komme

  • German: kommen
  • Luxembourgish: kommen
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: kumme

  • Yiddish: קומען (kumen)

Further reading

• Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition