Polyglot Dictionary

festklemmen

/ˈfɛstˌklɛmən/

verb C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
separable

Forms

present
klemmt fest
past
klemmte fest
perfect
hat festgeklemmt

Meaning

  1. to wedge, to jam

    Built from fest (firm) + klemmen (to jam).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • fest firm
  • klemmen to jam

Similar words

klemmen

festklemmen and klemmen are close synonyms for "to wedge, to jam," largely interchangeable; klemmen also separately means "to pinch."

Practice

1 What does festklemmen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Tür ___ fest.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches festklemmen?

verbseparable-verbcompound

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