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klämma

pin, squeeze

klämma as a verb

Meaning

pin; squeeze

In Swedish: trycka samman (från flera sidor)

Conjugation

Conjugation of klämma (pin)
Infinitive	att klämma	to pin
Present	klämmer	jag klämmer
Past	klämde	jag klämde
Supine	klämt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har klämt	jag har klämt
Past perfect	hade klämt	jag hade klämt
Future	ska klämma	or: kommer att klämma
Conditional	skulle klämma	jag skulle klämma
Imperative	kläm!	a command
Present participle	klämmande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	klämd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of klämma
Infinitive	klämmas
Present	klämms
Past	klämdes
Supine	klämts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use klämmer. See the four verb groups explained.

klämma as a noun(en klämma)

Meaning

[spring] clip; scrape; straits

In Swedish: redskap för att klämma ihop något

Forms

Forms of klämma
Singular, indefinite	en klämma
Singular, definite	klämman
Plural, indefinite	klämmor
Plural, definite	klämmorna

klämma is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor klämma, den stora klämman. Check another noun

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klämma in a sentence

han klämdes fast i bilvraket
he was pinned in the wreckage of the car
Jag klämde tån i dörren
I closed the door on my toe (for example) – "I squeezed my toe in the door"
Klämde du dig?
Did you get your finger jammed? (for example) – "Did you squeeze yourself?"
Jag klämde ett helt paket riskakor igår.
I polished off an entire packet of rice cakes yesterday.
De klämde i sig det sista av tårtan.
They polished off the last of the cake.
en klädnypa är en klämma
a clothespin is a fastener (that squeezes)

Expressions

klämma ur sig ("motvilligt tala om") (sanningen)
spit out ("reluctantly tell about") (the truth)
klämma sig
be pinched
hamna i en klämma
get into a scrape

Words built with klämma

pappersklämma paper clip

Questions

What does klämma mean in English?

klämma means “pin, squeeze”.

Is it en klämma or ett klämma?

It is en klämma, and “the [spring] clip” is klämman.

What is the plural of klämma?

The plural of klämma is klämmor, and the definite plural is klämmorna.

What is the past tense of klämma?

The past tense of klämma is klämde (“jag klämde”). The supine is klämt, used in “jag har klämt”.

What is the present tense of klämma?

klämmer, the same for every person: jag klämmer, du klämmer, vi klämmer.

Origin

From Old Swedish klæmma.

Nearby common words

klämma is number 3,451 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,447främst mainly, foremost
3,448takt tact, rate
3,449temperatur temperature
3,450vackraste most beautiful
3,452hunnit managed, had time
3,453åtgärd measure, procedure
3,454skräck terror, horror
3,456halsband necklace (jewelry)

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