klemmen

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈklɛmə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: klem‧men
  • Rhymes: -ɛmən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch clemmen, from Old Dutch *klemmen, from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan.

Verb

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klemmen

  1. (transitive) to clamp, to squeeze
  2. (intransitive) to jam, to not move smoothly
Conjugation
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Conjugation of klemmen (weak)
infinitive klemmen
past singular klemde
past participle geklemd
infinitive klemmen
gerund klemmen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular klem klemde
2nd person sing. (jij) klemt, klem2 klemde
2nd person sing. (u) klemt klemde
2nd person sing. (gij) klemt klemde
3rd person singular klemt klemde
plural klemmen klemden
subjunctive sing.1 klemme klemde
subjunctive plur.1 klemmen klemden
imperative sing. klem
imperative plur.1 klemt
participles klemmend geklemd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: klem
  • Papiamentu: klèm

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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klemmen

  1. plural of klem

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German klemmen, from Old High German klemmen, (bi)klemmen, from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan, which could be related to *klimban (to clamp, clasp, climb onto).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈklɛmən/, [ˈklɛmən], [ˈklɛmm̩]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: klem‧men

Verb

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klemmen (weak, third-person singular present klemmt, past tense klemmte, past participle geklemmt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to jam, to clamp (make something stuck in a tight place)
  2. (intransitive) to be jammed, to be stuck
  3. (transitive, dative reflexive, informal, slang) to steal
    Ich hab' mir beim Büdchen ’ne Packung Kippen geklemmt.
    I pinched a pack of fags from the kiosk.

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “klimman”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 293

Further reading

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  • klemmen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • klemmen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • klemmen” in Duden online
  • klemmen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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klemmen m

  1. definite singular of klem