verklemmt

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English

Adjective

verklemmt (comparative more verklemmt, superlative most verklemmt)

  1. Alternative spelling of verklempt
    • 2007, Susan G Wooldridge, Foolsgold: Making Something from Nothing and Freeing Your Creative Process, New York, N.Y.: Harmony Books, →ISBN, page 218:
      I noticed that Mom could barely hold a fork, write, walk, get up, sit down. She was verklemmt. Vermischt. More Yiddish words that mean what they sound like.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛrˈklɛmt/, /fər-/, ,
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ver‧klemmt

Participle

verklemmt

  1. past participle of verklemmen

Adjective

verklemmt (strong nominative masculine singular verklemmter, comparative verklemmter, superlative am verklemmtesten)

  1. inhibited; uptight; prudish
    Erst wirkte er total verklemmt, aber nach ein paar Bier war er der Mittelpunkt der Tanzfläche.
    At first he seemed extremely uptight, but after a few beers he became the epicentre of the dancefloor.

Declension

Verb

verklemmt

  1. inflection of verklemmen:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. second-person plural present
    3. plural imperative