stemme
English
Afrikaans
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsd̥ɛmə]
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.
Inflection
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)
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)
Derived terms
Further reading
- stemme on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
stemme
- inflection of stemmen:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English stemn, from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stɛm/
References
- “stem(me, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From German Low German stimme.
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)
References
- “stemme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²stɛmːə/
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German stimme.
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)
Derived terms
References
- “stemme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.