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 komen, kumen, quemen, from Old High German queman (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/, [ˈkɔmən], [ˈkɔmm̩]

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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, with von or durch) to be due to; to be the result of

   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) [+ 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, personal or impersonal + dative) to orgasm; to cum

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

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

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

    Auf jeden Verkehrstoten kommen zwanzig Verletzte.

    For each traffic fatality there are twenty injured people.

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

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

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

13. (intransitive) to get an idea; to think of; to remember; to imagine [+ 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.

14. (intransitive) to lose; to forfeit; not to get [+ um (object)]

    Er hat Angst, dass er um seinen Anteil kommt.

    He fears that he won’t get his share.

15. (intransitive, with an or gegen + accusative) to touch inadvertently

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

    Be careful not to touch the wet paint.

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

    Hilf ihm mal, er kommt nicht an den Griff.

    Help him, he can't reach the handle.

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

    Er kommt immer wieder mit diesem dummen Vorschlag.

    Time and again he comes up with that stupid suggestion.

18. (colloquial, copulative, with gut or in Ordnung) to turn out (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)