stemme

English

Etymology 1

Noun

stemme (plural stemmes)

1. Obsolete form of stem.

Etymology 2

Blend of stud +‎ femme

Noun

stemme (plural stemmes)

1. A lesbian, chiefly African-American, exhibiting both stud and femme traits.

   Synonym: futch

Alternative forms

• stem

Anagrams

• Temmes, emmets

Afrikaans

Noun

stemme

1. 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)

1. voice (sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song)

   Synonym: røst

2. vote

Inflection

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stemme	stemmen	stemmer	stemmerne
genitive	stemmes	stemmens	stemmers	stemmernes

Declension of stemme

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)

1. voice
2. tune
3. vote

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)

1. stem
2. chisel

Derived terms

• stemmejern

Further reading

• stemme on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Verb

stemme

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of stemmen

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

stemme

1. inflection of stemmen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Middle English

Alternative forms

• stem, stemne, stempn, stempne, steuin

Etymology

From Old English stemn, from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɛm/

Noun

stemme (plural stemmes)

1. The main body or stem of a tree.
2. The stern-post of a ship.

Descendants

• English: stem
• Yola: stevin

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)

1. a voice
2. a vote

Derived terms

• enstemmig
• kvinnestemme
• stemmeseddel

Etymology 2

From German Low German stemmen.

Verb

stemme (imperative stem, present tense stemmer, simple past stemte, past participle stemt, present participle stemmende)

1. to tune (e.g. a guitar or a piano)
2. to vote

Derived terms

• overensstemmende
• stemmegaffel
• stemmerett
• stemming
• stemning
• ustemt

 

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)

1. a voice
2. a vote

Synonyms

• røyst

Derived terms

• kvinnestemme

Etymology 2

Verb

stemme (present tense stemmer, past tense stemde or stemte, past participle stemt, present participle stemmande, imperative stem)

1. e-infinitive form of stemma (in dialects with e-infinitive or split infinitive)

References

• “stemme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.