stremmen
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editstremmen
Conjugation
editConjugation of stremmen (weak) | ||||
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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
editDescendants
edit- Afrikaans: strem
German
editPronunciation
editVerb
editstremmen (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
editinfinitive | stremmen | ||||
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present participle | stremmend | ||||
past participle | gestremmt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich stremme | wir stremmen | i | ich stremme | wir stremmen |
du stremmst | ihr stremmt | du stremmest | ihr stremmet | ||
er stremmt | sie stremmen | er stremme | sie stremmen | ||
preterite | ich stremmte | wir stremmten | ii | ich stremmte1 | wir stremmten1 |
du stremmtest | ihr stremmtet | du stremmtest1 | ihr stremmtet1 | ||
er stremmte | sie stremmten | er stremmte1 | sie stremmten1 | ||
imperative | stremm (du) stremme (du) |
stremmt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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editFurther reading
editMiddle Dutch
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Verb
editstremmen
Inflection
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Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “stremmen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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