komst

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch comst, from Old Dutch cumst, from Proto-Germanic *kumþiz. Equivalent to komen (“to come”) ‎ -st (“verbal noun”). Distant doublet of base and basis, via Proto-Indo-European *gʷḿ̥tis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔmst/

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Noun

komst f (uncountable)

1. arrival

Derived terms

• afkomst
• bijeenkomst
• herkomst
• inkomst
• opkomst
• toekomst

 

Related terms

• komen

 

Descendants

• Negerhollands: die kom, kom

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔmst]

Verb

komst

1. second-person singular past of koma

   Hví komst þú híngað vegin?

   Why did you come this way?

   Tú komst í tørvi.

   You came in the right moment (when I needed you).