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Klemmen

Klemmen

See also: klemmen

German

Noun

Klemmen f

  1. plural of Klemme

klemmen

klemmen

See also: Klemmen

Dutch

Verb

klemmen

  1. (transitive) to clamp, to squeeze
Inflection
Inflection of klemmen (weak)
infinitive klemmen
past singular klemde
past participle geklemd
infinitive klemmen
gerund klemmen n
verbal noun
present tense past tense
1st person singular klem klemde
2nd person sing. (jij) klemt klemde
2nd person sing. (u) klemt klemde
2nd person sing. (gij) klemt klemde
3rd person singular klemt klemde
plural klemmen klemden
subjunctive sing.1 klemme klemde
subjunctive plur.1 klemmen klemden
imperative sing. klem
imperative plur.1 klemt
participles klemmend geklemd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Noun

klemmen

  1. plural of klem

German

Etymology

From Middle High German.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɛmən/, [ˈklɛmən], [ˈklɛmm̩]

Verb

klemmen (third-person singular simple present klemmt, past tense klemmte, past participle geklemmt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to jam, to clamp (make something stuck in a tight place)
  2. (intransitive) to be jammed, to be stuck
  3. (transitive, usually with reflexive dative, informal, slang) to steal
    Ich hab mir beim Büdchen ’ne Packung Kippen geklemmt.
    I pinched a pack of fags from the kiosk.

Conjugation