klem

See also: Klem and kłem

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklɛm]

Noun

klem

1. instrumental singular of kel

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun

klem m (plural klemmen, diminutive klemmetje n)

1. clamp

Adjective

klem (not comparable)

1. (predicative) stuck

   Zijn voet zat klem tussen het rempedaal en de vloer.

   His foot was stuck between the brake pedal and the floor

Verb

klem

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of klemmen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of klemmen

Anagrams

• melk

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Jamaican Creole

Verb

klem

1. (Maroon Spirit Language) Climb.

References

• Bilby, Kenneth (1983). "How the "Older Heads" Talk: A Jamaican Maroon Spirit Possession Language and Its Relationship to the Creoles of Surname and Sierra Leone". New West Indian Guide/Nieuwe West-Indische Gids 57 (1/2): 37–88.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɽɛm/, /klɛm/
• Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun

klem m (definite singular klemmen, indefinite plural klemmer, definite plural klemmene)

1. hug.

Verb

klem

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of klemme

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɛm/

Noun

klem m (definite singular klemmen, indefinite plural klemmar, definite plural klemmane)

1. a hug, an embrace

Verb

klem

1. imperative of klemma

Further reading

• “klem” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.