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
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Noun
Klemme f (genitive Klemme, plural Klemmen)
- clamp
- grip
- (colloquial) difficult situation, predicament
- aus der Klemme helfen ― to bail out, to help out (of a predicament)
- in der Klemme stecken ― to be in trouble
- Synonym: Patsche
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
- “Klemme” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon