kammen

Meaning

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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Concepts

comb

tease

Synonyms

kibbelen

harken

letterlijk

uitkammen

zich kammen

Translations

kämmen

peigner

peinar

pettinare

pentinar

coiffer

pentear

penchenar

χτενίζω

taramak

pectino

peinarse

tarak

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.