stemme

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English

Etymology 1

Noun

stemme (plural stemmes)

  1. Obsolete form of stem.

Etymology 2

Blend of stud +‎ femme

Noun

stemme (plural stemmes)

  1. (LGBT) A lesbian who combines stud and femme traits.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Noun

stemme

  1. plural of stem

Danish

Pronunciation

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.

Noun

stemme c (singular definite stemmen, plural indefinite stemmer)

  1. voice (sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song)
    Synonym: røst
  2. vote
Inflection
Declension of stemme
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)

  1. voice
  2. tune
  3. vote

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)

  1. stem
  2. chisel
Derived terms

Further reading

Dutch

Verb

stemme

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of stemmen

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

stemme

  1. inflection of stemmen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
    3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English stemn, from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz.

Pronunciation

Noun

stemme (plural stemmes)

  1. The main body or stem of a tree.
  2. The stern-post of a ship.

Descendants

  • English: stem
  • Yola: stevin

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From German Low German stimme.

Noun

stemme m (definite singular stemmen, indefinite plural stemmer, definite plural stemmene)

  1. a voice
  2. a vote
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)

  1. to tune (e.g. a guitar or a piano)
  2. to vote
Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German stimme.

Noun

stemme f (definite singular stemma, indefinite plural stemmer, definite plural stemmene)

  1. a voice
  2. a vote
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)

  1. to tune (e.g. a guitar or a piano)
  2. to vote
  3. to put in a certain mood
    Talen hans gjorde alle velvillig stemt.
    His speech made everyone positively inclined.
Synonyms
Derived terms

References

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