klämma
Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish klæmma.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]klämma c
- a clip, a clamp, a fastener (device that holds things together by pressing or grasping – "squeezing")
- en klädnypa är en klämma
- a clothespin is a fastener (that squeezes)
- a jam (difficult situation)
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | klämma | klämmas |
| definite | klämman | klämmans | |
| plural | indefinite | klämmor | klämmors |
| definite | klämmorna | klämmornas |
Derived terms
[edit]- hårklämma
- pappersklämma (“binder clip”)
- renklämma
- slangklämma
- slipsklämma (“tie clip”)
- surströmmingsklämma
- tvättklämma
See also
[edit]Verb
[edit]klämma (present klämmer, preterite klämde, supine klämt, imperative kläm)
- to squeeze
- to injure (a body part) through squeezing; to jam, to crush, to smash, etc.
- Jag klämde tån i dörren
- I closed the door on my toe (for example) – "I squeezed my toe in the door"
- (reflexive) to injure oneself as above
- Klämde du dig?
- Did you get your finger jammed? (for example) – "Did you squeeze yourself?"
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | klämma | klämmas | ||
| supine | klämt | klämts | ||
| imperative | kläm | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | klämmen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | klämmer | klämde | kläms, klämmes | klämdes |
| ind. plural1 | klämma | klämde | klämmas | klämdes |
| subjunctive2 | klämme | klämde | klämmes | klämdes |
| present participle | klämmande | |||
| past participle | klämd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]- beklämd
- beklämmande
- beklämning
- fastklämma
- inklämma
- kläm
- klämdag
- klämkäck
- klämmig
- klämning
- klämskada (“crushing injury”)
- slutkläm