klemme

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈklemə/

klemme c (singular definite klemmen, plural indefinite klemmer)

1. clothespin

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

• komme i klemme

• “klemme” in Den Danske Ordbog

klemme

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

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klemme

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

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɛmə/
• Rhymes: -ɛmə
• Hyphenation: klem‧me

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

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.

From Middle Low German klemmen.

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

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

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

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

1. Alternative form of klemma