stemme
English
Etymology 1
Noun
stemme (plural stemmes)
- Obsolete form of stem.
Etymology 2
Noun
stemme (plural stemmes)
- A lesbian, chiefly African-American, exhibiting both stud and femme traits.
- Synonym: futch
Alternative forms
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Noun
stemme
- plural of stem
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.
Noun
stemme c (singular definite stemmen, plural indefinite stemmer)
- voice (sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song)
- Synonym: røst
- vote
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | stemme | stemmen | stemmer | stemmerne |
| genitive | stemmes | stemmens | stemmers | stemmernes |
Derived terms
- altstemme
- andenstemme
- barnestemme
- brevstemme
- damestemme
- drengestemme
- falsetstemme
- fistelstemme
- højttalerstemme
- jastemme
- klaverstemme
- kommandostemme
- kvindestemme
- mandestemme
- mandsstemme
- melodistemme
- menneskestemme
- nejstemme
- overstemme
- pigestemme
- radiostemme
- sangstemme
- solostemme
- stemmeafgivning
- stemmeklang
- stemmeoptælling
- understemme
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)
Conjugation
Derived terms
- afstemme
- feststemt
- forstemme
- forstemt
- højstemt
- istemme
- klaverstemmer
- nedstemme
- nedstemt
- samstemme
- stemmegaffel
- stemmelokale
- stemning
- stemthed
- ustemt
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)
Conjugation
Derived terms
Further reading
- stemme on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- “stemme” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “stemme” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Dutch
Verb
stemme
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of stemmen
German
Pronunciation
Audio (Germany): (file)
Verb
stemme
- inflection of stemmen:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- 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
- IPA(key): /stɛm/
Noun
stemme (plural stemmes)
Descendants
References
- “stem(me, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From German Low German stimme.
Noun
stemme m (definite singular stemmen, indefinite plural stemmer, definite plural stemmene)
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)
Derived terms
References
- “stemme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²stɛmːə/
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German stimme.
Noun
stemme f (definite singular stemma, indefinite plural stemmer, definite plural stemmene)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
stemme (present tense stemmer, past tense stemde or stemte, past participle stemt, present participle stemmande, imperative stem)
- e-infinitive form of stemma (in dialects with e-infinitive or split infinitive)
References
- “stemme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.