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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
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Afrikaans

Noun

stemme

  1. plural of stem

Danish

Pronunciation

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
Declension
More information common gender, singular ...
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)

  1. voice
  2. tune
  3. vote

Conjugation

More information active, passive ...

Derived terms

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. (rare) chisel

Conjugation

More information active, passive ...

Derived terms

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Dutch

Verb

stemme

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

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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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

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

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
Derived terms

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)

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