krampfen

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German

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Etymology

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Krampf +‎ -en

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkʁamp͡fn̩/
  • Hyphenation: kramp‧fen
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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krampfen (weak, third-person singular present krampft, past tense krampfte, past participle gekrampft, auxiliary haben)

  1. (medicine) to cramp, to seize, to have a seizure, to have convulsions
  2. to clench
    die Finger um etwas krampfento clench one's fingers around something

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • krampfen” in Duden online
  • krampfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache