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stremmen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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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

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stremmen

  1. to block, to obstruct
  2. to curdle

Conjugation

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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

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: strem

German

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Pronunciation

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

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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!

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Further reading

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

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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Verb

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stremmen

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

Inflection

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Descendants

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