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

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

References


Dutch

Verb

klemme

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of klemmen

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

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɛmə/

Verb

klemme

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Further reading


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


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
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