From Middle Dutch stremmen, from Old Dutch *stremmen, from Proto-West Germanic *strammjan. Equivalent to stram (“tight, stiff”) + -en (“deadjectival”) and shows the effect of historical umlaut.
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stremmen
Conjugation of stremmen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | stremmen | |||
past singular | stremde | |||
past participle | gestremd | |||
infinitive | stremmen | |||
gerund | stremmen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | strem | stremde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | stremt, strem2 | stremde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | stremt | stremde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | stremt | stremde | ||
3rd person singular | stremt | stremde | ||
plural | stremmen | stremden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | stremme | stremde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | stremmen | stremden | ||
imperative sing. | strem | |||
imperative plur.1 | stremt | |||
participles | stremmend | gestremd | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
stremmen (weak, third-person singular present stremmt, past tense stremmte, past participle gestremmt, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | stremmen | ||||
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present participle | stremmend | ||||
past participle | gestremmt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich stremme | wir stremmen | i | ich stremme | wir stremmen |
du stremmst | ihr stremmt | du stremmest | ihr stremmet | ||
er stremmt | sie stremmen | er stremme | sie stremmen | ||
preterite | ich stremmte | wir stremmten | ii | ich stremmte1 | wir stremmten1 |
du stremmtest | ihr stremmtet | du stremmtest1 | ihr stremmtet1 | ||
er stremmte | sie stremmten | er stremmte1 | sie stremmten1 | ||
imperative | stremm (du) stremme (du) |
stremmt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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stremmen
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