kammen

Verb

1. to comb (use a comb to groom hair, fur etc.)
2. to use any other comb, even mechanically

Noun

plural of kam

kam

• Noun
• Verb

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɑ.mə(n)/

Etymology

From kam + -en. Displaced earlier kemmen (see there for further etymology), which is morphologically identical to kammen but was inherited from Proto-Germanic, demonstrating the effects of umlaut.

Concepts

comb

tease

Synonyms

kibbelen

harken

letterlijk

uitkammen

zich kammen

Translations

kämmen

peigner

peinar

pettinare

czesać

pentinar

coiffer

pentear

penchenar

χτενίζω

taramak

pectino

przeczesywać

peinarse

tarak