klemme

From Middle High German klimben, from Proto-Germanic *klimbaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈklemə/

klemme (third-person singular present klemmp or klemmt, preterite klomm, past participle jeklomme or geklomme) (most dialects)

1. to climb

   De mietste Aape können ärch jot klemme.

   Most monkeys can climb very well.

• klömme, klomme, klamme (parts of Eifel)

From Middle High German klemmen, from Proto-Germanic *klamjaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɛmə/

klemme (third-person singular present klemmp or klemmt, past participle jeklemmp or geklemmt) (most dialects)

1. to clamp, clip, tuck (attach by means of pressure)

   Dä Schrenger hät sich ene Bleisteff henger’t Uhr jeklemmp.

   The cabinetmaker has a pencil tucked behind his ear.

2. to jam (one’s finger etc.)
3. to be jammed (of a door etc.)
4. to steal, nick

   Synonyms: kläue, stelle, streppe

• klämme (variant spelling, used to distinguish from etymology 1)

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

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