klemme

klemme

See also: Klemme and klèmme

Danish

Etymology

From Low German and Middle Low German klemmen, from Old Saxon *klemmian, from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklemə/

Noun

klemme c (singular definite klemmen, plural indefinite klemmer)

1. clothespin

Declension

Declension of klemme

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	klemme	klemmen	klemmer	klemmerne
genitive	klemmes	klemmens	klemmers	klemmernes

Verb

klemme (imperative klem, infinitive at klemme, present tense klemmer, past tense klemte, perfect tense klemt)

1. to squeeze
2. to jam
3. to crush
4. to pinch

Related terms

• komme i klemme

References

• “klemme” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Verb

klemme

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of klemmen

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German

Pronunciation

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Verb

klemme

1. inflection of klemmen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɛmə/

Verb

klemme

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Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German klemmen.

Verb

klemme (present tense klemmer, past tense klemte, past participle klemt)

1. to hug; to embrace
2. to press; squeeze

References

• “klemme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “klemme_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

klemme (present tense klemmer, past tense klemde or klemte, past participle klemt or klemt, present participle klemmande, imperative klem)

1. Alternative form of klemma