kamen

See also: Kamen, kámen, kämen, kåmen, and kameň

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkamɛn]

Noun

kamen n

1. genitive plural of kamna

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

kamen

1. first/third-person plural preterite of kommen

Japanese

Romanization

kamen

1. Rōmaji transcription of かめん

Karao

Noun

kamen

1. sleeping mat

Low German

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Middle Low German kōmen, from Old Saxon kuman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-.

Compare Dutch komen, German kommen, West Frisian komme, English come, Danish komme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒːmən/

Verb

kamen (third-person singular simple present kümmt, past keem, past participle kamen, auxiliary verb wesen)

1. to come
2. to happen, to arise, to come to be, to be caused

   Worüm fallt allens alltiet hendaal? — Dat kümmt vunwegen de Swoorkraft.

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

   Woans kümmt?

   How come?

3. (intransitive) to come on; to cooperate; to join

   Ach kümm, 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].

Conjugation

Conjugation of kamen (class 4 strong verb)

infinitive	kamen
	present	preterite
1st person singular	kaam	keem
2nd person singular	kümms(t)	keems(t)
3rd person singular	kümm(t)	keem
plural	kaamt, kaamen	kemen
	imperative
singular	kaam
plural	kaamt
	present	past
participle	kamen	(e)kamen, gekamen

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Other spellings and forms:

• First person singular present indicative: kam
• First and third person singular past subjunctive: kem/kem'

Derived terms

• achterankamen
• ankamen
• bikamen
• foortkamen
• gegenkamen
• in de Bredullje kamen
• in de Mööt kamen
• in de Raasch kamen
• inkamen
• mitkamen
• nakamen
• op de Welt kamen
• opkamen
• tokamen
• topass kamen
• torechtkamen
• torüchkamen
• twüschenkamen
• utkamen
• vörbikamen
• vörkamen
• wegkamen
• överkamen
• üm't Leven kamen
• ümkamen

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• kami (obsolete)

Etymology

Morphologically kam +‎ -en, from the oblique stem of Proto-Slavic *kamy.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kȁmēn m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ме̄н)

1. stone

Declension

Declension of kamen

	singular	plural
nominative	kamen	kameni
genitive	kamena	kamena
dative	kamenu	kamenima
accusative	kamen	kamene
vocative	kamene	kameni
locative	kamenu	kamenima
instrumental	kamenom	kamenima

Further reading

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

Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

kamen

Wikipedia ^sl

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kamy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kàːmən/

Noun

kámən m inan

1. stone

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	kámen
gen. sing.	kámna
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kámen	kámna	kámni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kámna	kámnov	kámnov
dative (dajȃlnik)	kámnu	kámnoma	kámnom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kámen	kámna	kámne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kámnu	kámnih	kámnih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kámnom	kámnoma	kámni

Further reading

• “kamen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “kamen”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references