beklemmen

Dutch

Etymology

From be- + klemmen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈklɛmə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧klem‧men
  • Rhymes: -ɛmən

Verb

beklemmen

  1. (transitive) to squeeze
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to distress, strain
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to oppress, stifle

Inflection

Conjugation of beklemmen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive beklemmen
past singular beklemde
past participle beklemd
infinitive beklemmen
gerund beklemmen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular beklembeklemde
2nd person sing. (jij) beklemtbeklemde
2nd person sing. (u) beklemtbeklemde
2nd person sing. (gij) beklemtbeklemde
3rd person singular beklemtbeklemde
plural beklemmenbeklemden
subjunctive sing.1 beklemmebeklemde
subjunctive plur.1 beklemmenbeklemden
imperative sing. beklem
imperative plur.1 beklemt
participles beklemmendbeklemd
1) Archaic.

Synonyms

Derived terms

German

Etymology

From Middle High German beklemmen, from Old High German biklemmen, from Proto-West Germanic *biklammjan, equivalent to be- + klemmen. Cognate with German Low German beklemmen, Dutch beklemmen, West Frisian beklamme, beklamje, English beclam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bəˈklɛmən]
  • Hyphenation: be‧klem‧men
  • (file)

Verb

beklemmen (weak, third-person singular present beklemmt, past tense beklemmte, past participle beklemmt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to oppress (physically or psychologically)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • beklemmen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • beklemmen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • beklemmen” in Duden online
  • beklemmen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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