stimmen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German stimmen, from Old High German *stimmen (attested in Old High German gistimmen), from the same source as German Stimme (voice, vote).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtɪmən/, ,
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  • Hyphenation: stim‧men

Verb

stimmen (weak, third-person singular present stimmt, past tense stimmte, past participle gestimmt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to be right, to be correct, to be proper, to be true
    Was stimmt mit dir nicht?What's wrong with you?
    Das stimmt!That's for sure!
    • 1969, Peter Bichsel, Kindergeschichten:
      Tag und Nacht saß er über seinen Plänen und prüfte sie nach, und sie stimmten.
      Day and night he sat over his plans and checked them; and they were right.
  2. to vote
    Ich persönlich werde dafür stimmen.I, personally, will be voting in favour of it.
  3. (music, an instrument) to tune
  4. (with an adjective of emotion, transitive) to make (someone happy, sad, etc.)

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Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

stimmen

  1. definite plural of stim

Anagrams

West Frisian

Noun

stimmen

  1. plural of stim