"Bjørnen klemmer deg."

Translation: The bear is hugging you.

[elilla.b]

i Sovjetunionen…

(edited to fix preposition, takk fveldig!)

[fveldig]

i*

[y179065]

Da!

[bnhld]

bjørnen har ingenting med sovjetunion å gjøre

[ciaran_oconnor]

Don't worry Leo, it's just hugging you

[Nass_png]

Bjørneklem!! :3

[Slang67]

He's just checking to see if you're tender enough to eat... ;-)

[miniummanee]

It could hurt...

[NorwayLover]

I Sovjetnorge...

[Argysh]

I Sovietnorge... Loving it. ^^

[MuttFitness]

Last words you ever hear?

[DaveV17]

Must be a care bear :-)

[CJ.Dennis]

I think "å klemme" is related to "to clamp", but I can't find an etymology to confirm or deny this.

[Deliciae]

After looking into it I'm stuck at a definite maybe. The English etymology seems to vary slightly from source to source, and is similar but not identical to what I found as the Norwegian etymology:

klemme: reskap til å klemme noe (fast) med. Av verbet klemme (trykke, presse (hardt)) av lavtysk klemmen, avledet av germansk *klimman. Til grunn finner vi indoeurpeisk *glem-, en utvidelse av roten *glbh-, *glebh- (nøste opp, trykke sammen), som vi gjenfinner i norsk klam, kalv, klamp, klandre, klave, klopp, klump, kølle, englesk clip (gripe fast; derav lånordet klips), og latin glomus (nøste, klump; derav lånord som agglomerat).

- Yann de Caprona, Norsk etymologisk ordbok

[Jan_D_13]

In german the word "klemmen" means "to stick". Like, you got your hand stuck in the drawer while someone was closing it. :O

[Grinsekotze]

And it also means "to clamp"

[EJPol]

I think so too. The Dutch word 'klemmen' means 'to clamp' and that's kind of what you do when you're hugging ;-)

[S.A.Debre]

Wholesome Duolingo :)

[Aamiainen]

We'll jump out of the bush with a big bear hug and a smile.. :)

[Adnan_nk]

Very polite of bear to hug before eating them

[IgorS983822]

Those Russians.....

[fuuuuurkan]

Ohh those russians.... always want close contact

[Bixxby]

But only once, I'm afraid...

[iamcrover]

Please accept 'cuddles' for klemmer. I requested this ages ago and it's still slipping me up!

[Deliciae]

It's not the same thing.