klemme

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See also: Klemme and klèmme

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Low German and Middle Low German klemmen, from Old Saxon *klemmian, from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

klemme c (singular definite klemmen, plural indefinite klemmer)

  1. clothespin

Declension[edit]

Verb[edit]

klemme (imperative klem, infinitive at klemme, present tense klemmer, past tense klemte, perfect tense klemt)

  1. to squeeze
  2. to jam
  3. to crush
  4. to pinch

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Dutch[edit]

Verb[edit]

klemme

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of klemmen

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Verb[edit]

klemme

  1. inflection of klemmen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Hunsrik[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Central Franconian klemme, from Middle High German klemmen, from Old High German klemmen, from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan, from Proto-Germanic *klamjaną.[1]

Cognate with German klemmen and Luxembourgish klemmen.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

klemme(intransitive, with accusative object)

  1. to jam; to clamp (to get something stuck)
    Ich hon mit de Deer mich de Finger geklemmd.
    I got my finger jammed in the door.
  2. to staple
  3. to steal; to rob
    Synonyms: schnause, stehle

Conjugation[edit]

Regular
infinitive klemme
participle geklemmd
auxiliary hon
present
indicative
imperative
ich klemme
du klemmst klemm
er/sie/es klemmd
meer klemme
deer klemmd klemmd
sie klemme
The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “klemme”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary]‎[1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 91

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German klemmen.

Verb[edit]

klemme (present tense klemmer, past tense klemte, past participle klemt)

  1. to hug; to embrace
  2. to press; squeeze

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Verb[edit]

klemme (present tense klemmer, past tense klemde or klemte, past participle klemt or klemt, present participle klemmande, imperative klem)

  1. Alternative form of klemma