stremmen

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Dutch

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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Verb

stremmen

  1. to block, to obstruct
  2. to curdle

Conjugation

Conjugation of stremmen (weak)
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.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: strem

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtʁɛmən/
  • Hyphenation: strem‧men
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Verb

stremmen (weak, third-person singular present stremmt, past tense stremmte, past participle gestremmt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (regional, colloquial) to be too tight (clothing)
    Meine Hose stremmt!
    My pants are too tight!

Conjugation

Further reading

  • stremmen” in Duden online
  • stremmen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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Verb

stremmen

  1. to repel, to prevent
  2. to staunch
  3. to curdle

Inflection

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Descendants

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