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The article for

Klemme

die Klemme

Klemme is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Klemmen
English
clamp, clip
Topic
Tools

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Why is it die Klemme?

Klemme ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -e
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Tool or device to clamp something, pinch, capture, to be clamped, to be clamped

[1] Werkzeug oder Vorrichtung um etwas zu klemmen, anzuklemmen, festzuklemmen, zuzuklemmen

[2] colloquial: difficult situation

[2] umgangssprachlich: schwierige Situation

Examples

[1] A clamp kept the receipts together

[1] Eine Klemme hielt die Quittungen zusammen.

[1] The best thing would be a clamp that presses the two parts together for at least one hour

[1] Am besten wäre eine Klemme, die die beiden Teile mindestens eine Stunde zusammenpresst.
More source examples (2)

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[2] Oh, but you are sitting in an evil clamp

[2] Oh, da sitzt du aber in einer bösen Klemme!

[2] How could you only in such a clamp maneuver

[2] Wie konntest du dich nur in so eine Klemme manövrieren?

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Klemme die Klemmen
Genitiv der Klemme der Klemmen
Dativ der Klemme den Klemmen
Akkusativ die Klemme die Klemmen

Pronunciation

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