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stremmen
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Dutch
Etymology
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
stremmen
Conjugation
Derived terms
- stremming
Descendants
- Afrikaans: strem
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German
Pronunciation
Verb
stremmen (weak, third-person singular present stremmt, past tense stremmte, past participle gestremmt, auxiliary haben)
- (regional, colloquial) to be too tight (clothing)
- Meine Hose stremmt!
- My pants are too tight!
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Middle Dutch
Etymology
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Verb
stremmen
Inflection
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Descendants
- Dutch: stremmen
- Limburgish: strömme
Further reading
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “stremmen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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