komme

Pronunciation: /²kɔmːə/

“komme” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its 20 meanings in English:

verb

to come; to approach or move towards the speaker, another person, or another point of reference
when followed by a present participle, to approach while moving in the manner indicated
with an adverbial indicating the point of departure, to move from or out of a place
with a directional adverbial, to move nearer or in the indicated direction
to set oneself in motion in response to a call, request or invitation; to approach or accompany someone
when coordinated with another verb, to begin or perform the action expressed by that verb
to arrive; to become present at a place or destination
to attend, appear or present oneself, especially as a guest or visitor
to visit or frequent a place regularly
to arrive, be received or be delivered
to reach a particular place, position or destination
while moving, to advance or travel as far as a specified point
passable, traversable; possible to travel through or reach
especially with an adverb indicating movement away, to begin moving, depart or set out
to attain or reach a particular point, level, position or result through effort, activity or circumstances
to reach freedom, safety or another result involving release from something
to reach a particular stage, condition or level
to progress, develop or advance to a particular point
to increase in number, improve or become better
to occur as an orgasm

Etymology

The verb is inherited from Old Norse koma (“to come”), from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to come, go”). The noun is a substantivization of the verb. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk koma and komme, Danish komme, Swedish komma, Icelandic koma, Faroese koma, English come, West Frisian komme, Dutch komen, German kommen and Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (qiman, “to come”). More…

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