From Middle Dutch clemmen, from Old Dutch *klemmen, from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan.
klemmen
Conjugation of klemmen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | klemmen | |||
past singular | klemde | |||
past participle | geklemd | |||
infinitive | klemmen | |||
gerund | klemmen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | klem | klemde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | klemt, klem2 | 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. 2) In case of inversion. |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
klemmen
From Middle High German klemmen, from Old High German klemmen, (bi)klemmen, from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan, which could be related to *klimban (“to clamp, clasp, climb onto”).[1]
klemmen (weak, third-person singular present klemmt, past tense klemmte, past participle geklemmt, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | klemmen | ||||
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present participle | klemmend | ||||
past participle | geklemmt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich klemme | wir klemmen | i | ich klemme | wir klemmen |
du klemmst | ihr klemmt | du klemmest | ihr klemmet | ||
er klemmt | sie klemmen | er klemme | sie klemmen | ||
preterite | ich klemmte | wir klemmten | ii | ich klemmte1 | wir klemmten1 |
du klemmtest | ihr klemmtet | du klemmtest1 | ihr klemmtet1 | ||
er klemmte | sie klemmten | er klemmte1 | sie klemmten1 | ||
imperative | klemm (du) klemme (du) |
klemmt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
klemmen m