See also: stëmmen

Danish edit

Noun edit

stemmen c

  1. definite singular of stemme

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

From stem +‎ -en.

Verb edit

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
Inflection edit
Inflection 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 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.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: stem
  • Caribbean Javanese: setèm, nyetèm, nyetèmi
  • Papiamentu: stèm, stem

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

stemmen

  1. plural of stem

German edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Verb edit

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

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Further reading edit

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

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

stemmen

  1. to stem, to stop, to block

Inflection edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Noun edit

stemmen m

  1. definite singular of stemme