stämma
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Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German stemmen, from Old Saxon *stemnian, from Proto-West Germanic *stabnijan, from Proto-Germanic *stabnijaną.
Pronunciation
Noun
stämma c
- a voice (language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion)
- a pitch, a part
- sjunga i stämmor
- sing in parts
- a meeting, an assembly
Declension
| Declension of stämma | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | stämma | stämman | stämmor | stämmorna |
| Genitive | stämmas | stämmans | stämmors | stämmornas |
Derived terms
voice
- altstämma
- andrastämma
- barytonstämma
- basstämma
- cellostämma
- extrastämma
- fagottstämma
- fiolstämma
- flöjtstämma
- förstastämma
- hornstämma
- körstämma
- labialstämma
- mellanstämma
- melodistämma
- obligatstämma
- orgelstämma
- pedalstämma
- pianostämma
- principalstämma
- rörstämma
- solostämma
- sopranstämma
- stentorsstämma
- stråkstämma
- sångstämma
- tenorstämma
- tordönsstämma
- trumpetstämma
- understämma
- violinstämma
- överstämma
meeting
Verb
stämma (present stämmer, preterite stämde, supine stämt, imperative stäm)
- to agree, to correspond, to tally, to be correct
- Det där stämmer ju bara inte!
- That simply isn't correct.
- to tune (to tune an instrument)
- to arrange (a meeting)
- Vi beslöt oss för att stämma träff.
- We agreed upon arranging a meeting.
- to summon, to sue
Conjugation
Conjugation of stämma (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | stämma | stämmas | ||
| Supine | stämt | stämts | ||
| Imperative | stäm | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | stämmen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | stämmer | stämde | stäms, stämmes | stämdes |
| Ind. plural1 | stämma | stämde | stämmas | stämdes |
| Subjunctive2 | stämme | stämde | stämmes | stämdes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | stämmande | |||
| Past participle | stämd | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
Further reading
- stämma in Svensk ordbok.