klemme

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See also: Klemme and klèmme

Danish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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klemme c (singular definite klemmen, plural indefinite klemmer)

  1. clothespin

Declension

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Verb

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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
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Dutch

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Verb

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klemme

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of klemmen

German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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klemme

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

Hunsrik

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Etymology

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Inherited from Central Franconian klemme, from Middle High German klemmen, from Old High German klemmen, from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan, from Proto-Germanic *klamjaną.[1]

Cognate with German klemmen and Luxembourgish klemmen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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klemme(intransitive, with accusative object)

  1. to jam; to clamp (to get something stuck)
    Ich hon mit de Deer mich de Finger geklemmd.
    I got my finger jammed in the door.
  2. to staple
  3. to steal; to rob
    Synonyms: schnause, stehle

Conjugation

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Regular
infinitive klemme
participle geklemmd
auxiliary hon
present
indicative
imperative
ich klemme
du klemmst klemm
er/sie/es klemmd
meer klemme
deer klemmd klemmd
sie klemme
The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end.

References

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  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “klemme”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 91

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German klemmen.

Verb

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

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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

  1. Alternative form of klemma