Klemme

See also: klemme and klèmme

German

Etymology

From Middle High German klemme, klemde, or from the verb klemmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɛmə/
• Hyphenation: Klem‧me

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Klemme f (genitive Klemme, plural Klemmen)

1. clamp
2. grip
3. (colloquial) difficult situation, predicament

   Synonym: Patsche

   aus der Klemme helfen ― to bail out, to help out (of a predicament)

   in der Klemme stecken ― to be in trouble

Declension

Declension of Klemme [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Klemme	die	Klemmen
genitive	einer	der	Klemme	der	Klemmen
dative	einer	der	Klemme	den	Klemmen
accusative	eine	die	Klemme	die	Klemmen

Hyponyms

• Krokodilklemme
• Lüsterklemme

Descendants

• → Romanian: clemă

Further reading

• “Klemme” in Duden online
• “Klemme”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Klemme” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon