שטאַמען

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German stammen; cognate with German stammen.

Pronunciation

Verb

שטאַמען (shtamen) (past participle געשטאַמט (geshtamt))

  1. be descended from (+ פֿון (fun))
  2. come from, originate in (+ פֿון (fun))
    • 2013, Miriam Shmulevich-Hofman, “„שלעכטע ייִדן‟ ["Bad Jews"]”, in Der Forverts:
      „די מאַמע שטאַמט פֿון האָלאַנד און אירלאַנד, און מײַן פֿאָטער איז פֿון אַ דײַטשן אָפּשטאַם.‟
      „di mame shtamt fun holand un irland, un mayn foter iz fun a daytshn opshtam.‟
      "My mother comes from Holland and Ireland, and my father is of German descent."

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