klämma

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish klæmma.

Pronunciation

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Noun

klämma c

  1. a clip, a clamp, a fastener (device that holds things together by pressing or grasping – "squeezing")
    en klädnypa är en klämma
    a clothespin is a fastener (that squeezes)
  2. a jam (difficult situation)

Declension

Declension of klämma
nominative genitive
singular indefinite klämma klämmas
definite klämman klämmans
plural indefinite klämmor klämmors
definite klämmorna klämmornas

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Verb

klämma (present klämmer, preterite klämde, supine klämt, imperative kläm)

  1. to squeeze
  2. to injure (a body part) through squeezing; to jam, to crush, to smash, etc.
    Jag klämde tån i dörren
    I closed the door on my toe (for example) – "I squeezed my toe in the door"
  3. (reflexive) to injure oneself as above
    Klämde du dig?
    Did you get your finger jammed? (for example) – "Did you squeeze yourself?"

Conjugation

Conjugation of klämma (weak)
active passive
infinitive klämma klämmas
supine klämt klämts
imperative kläm
imper. plural1 klämmen
present past present past
indicative klämmer klämde kläms, klämmes klämdes
ind. plural1 klämma klämde klämmas klämdes
subjunctive2 klämme klämde klämmes klämdes
present participle klämmande
past participle klämd

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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