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

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Synonyms

Derived terms

German

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German biklemmen, from Proto-West Germanic *biklammjan, equivalent to be- + klemmen. Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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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