Noun: kam
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
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De kam van de berg is bedekt met sneeuw. (The ridge of the mountain is covered in snow.)
Nouns inflected like kam
schram,
waarborgsom,
stekelbrem,
oorlogstrom,
ouderdom,
boomstam,
atoombom,
bermbom,
optelsom,
dwangsom,
zwemkom,
borgsom,
echte tonderzwam,
schijnstam,
sneeuwbom,
groothertogdom,
zakkam,
vorstbisdom,
oesterzwam,
gasvlam, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch kamp, from Old Dutch *kamb, from Proto-West Germanic *kamb, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz (“comb”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth; row of teeth”).
Verbs referencing "kam"
French Nouns
came, Swedish Nouns
kam, English Nouns
cam, Old English Nouns
camb, Italian Nouns
camma.
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