stemme
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
stemme (plural stemmes)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
stemme (plural stemmes)
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Noun edit
stemme
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
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
Inflection edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | stemme | stemmen | stemmer | stemmerne |
genitive | stemmes | stemmens | stemmers | stemmernes |
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Low German stemmen, cf. German stimmen. Derived from the noun.
Verb edit
stemme (imperative stem, infinitive at stemme, present tense stemmer, past tense stemte, perfect tense har stemt)
Etymology 3 edit
From Old Norse stemma, from Proto-Germanic *stammijaną (“to stop”).
Verb edit
stemme (imperative stem, present tense stemmer, past tense stemmede or stemte, past participle stemmet or stemt)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- stemme on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch edit
Verb edit
stemme
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Verb edit
stemme
- inflection of stemmen:
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English stemn, from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stemme (plural stemmes)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “stem(me, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From German Low German stimme.
Noun edit
stemme m (definite singular stemmen, indefinite plural stemmer, definite plural stemmene)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From German Low German stemmen.
Verb edit
stemme (imperative stem, present tense stemmer, simple past stemte, past participle stemt, present participle stemmende)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “stemme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Low German stimme.
Noun edit
stemme f (definite singular stemma, indefinite plural stemmer, definite plural stemmene)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From German Low German stemmen.
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
stemme (present tense stemmer, past tense stemde or stemte, past participle stemt, present participle stemmande, imperative stem)
- to tune (e.g. a guitar or a piano)
- to vote
- to put in a certain mood
- Talen hans gjorde alle velvillig stemt.
- His speech made everyone positively inclined.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “stemme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.