klem

See also: Klem and kłem

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɛm/

Etymology 1

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

Verb

klem (present klem, present participle klemmende, past participle geklem)

1. (transitive) to clamp, to squeeze

Etymology 2

From Dutch klem, from Middle Dutch clemme.

Noun

klem (plural klemme, diminutive klemmetjie)

1. clamp
2. (grammar) stress

   Synonym: klemtoon

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklɛm]

Noun

klem

1. instrumental singular of kel

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɛm/

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• Hyphenation: klem
• Rhymes: -ɛm

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch clemme. Equivalent to a deverbal from klemmen.

Noun

klem m (plural klemmen, diminutive klemmetje n)

1. clamp

Descendants

• Afrikaans: klem
• → Indonesian: klem
• → Papiamentu: klèm

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

klem

1. inflection of klemmen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Anagrams

• melk

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch klem, from Middle Dutch clemme, from Proto-Germanic *klampō (“clamp, clasp, cramp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɛm/
• Hyphenation: klém

Noun

klém (first-person possessive klemku, second-person possessive klemmu, third-person possessive klemnya)

1. clamp.

   Synonym: penjepit

Further reading

• “klem” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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.

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. imperative of klemme

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.