stemmen

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See also: stëmmen

Danish

Noun

stemmen c

  1. definite singular of stemme

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɛmə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: stem‧men
  • Rhymes: -ɛmən

Etymology 1

From stem +‎ -en.

Verb

stemmen

  1. (intransitive, sometimes transitive) to vote (to cast a vote)
  2. (transitive) to adopt by vote (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  3. (transitive) to tune (to the right pitch)
  4. (transitive) to bring into a certain mood
    Ons offer zal de goden gunstig stemmen.
    Our offering will please the gods.
  5. (intransitive, obsolete) to agree
Conjugation
Conjugation of stemmen (weak)
infinitive stemmen
past singular stemde
past participle gestemd
infinitive stemmen
gerund stemmen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular stem stemde
2nd person sing. (jij) stemt, stem2 stemde
2nd person sing. (u) stemt stemde
2nd person sing. (gij) stemt stemde
3rd person singular stemt stemde
plural stemmen stemden
subjunctive sing.1 stemme stemde
subjunctive plur.1 stemmen stemden
imperative sing. stem
imperative plur.1 stemt
participles stemmend gestemd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: stem
  • Caribbean Javanese: setèm, nyetèm, nyetèmi
  • Papiamentu: stèm, stem

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

stemmen

  1. plural of stem

German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stammijaną. Compare Old Norse stemma (to halt, to dam), Swedish stämma (to block), Old English gistemen (to restrain), English stem and English stammer.

Pronunciation

Verb

stemmen (weak, third-person singular present stemmt, past tense stemmte, past participle gestemmt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to press, to press against, to brace
    Synonyms: drücken, pressen, drängen
    Er stemmte sich gegen die Menschenmenge.He braced himself against the crowd.
  2. (sports) to lift
  3. (figurative, colloquial) to afford (to be able or rich enough)
    • 2024 July 12, “EU: Neue Plastikgesetze könnten Import von Schnittblumen aus Kenia beeinträchtigen”, in Der Spiegel, →ISSN:
      Die Vorschriften führten zu Extrakosten. Diese könnten manche Handelspartner nicht stemmen, befürchten Experten.
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Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • stemmen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • stemmen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • stemmen” in Duden online
  • stemmen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *stemmen, from Proto-Germanic *stammijaną.

Verb

stemmen

  1. to stem, to stop, to block

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

stemmen m

  1. definite singular of stemme