stemme
English
Afrikaans
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsd̥ɛmə]
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German stemme, stemne, stimme, from Proto-Germanic *stamnijō (“voice, sound”). Cognate of English steven and German Stimme. The meaning "vote" is influenced by modern German Stimme.
The Norse word røst is still in use.
Inflection
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | stemme | stemmen | stemmer | stemmerne |
genitive | stemmes | stemmens | stemmers | stemmernes |
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German stemmen, cf. German stimmen. Derived from the noun.
Verb
stemme (imperative stem, infinitive at stemme, present tense stemmer, past tense stemte, perfect tense har stemt)
Etymology 3
From Old Norse stemma, from Proto-Germanic *stammijaną (“to stop”).
Verb
stemme (imperative stem, present tense stemmer, past tense stemmede or stemte, past participle stemmet or stemt)
Derived terms
Further reading
stemme on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
German
Pronunciation
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Verb
stemme
- inflection of stemmen:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English stemn, from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stɛm/
References
- “stem(me, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From German Low German stimme.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From German Low German stemmen.
Verb
stemme (imperative stem, present tense stemmer, simple past stemte, past participle stemt, present participle stemmende)
References
- “stemme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²stɛmːə/
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German stimme.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From German Low German stemmen.
Alternative forms
Verb
stemme (present tense stemmer, past tense stemde or stemte, past participle stemt, present participle stemmande, imperative stem)
Derived terms
References
- “stemme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.