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See also: stëmmen

Danish

Noun

stemmen c

  1. definite singular of stemme

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From stem +‎ -en.

Verb

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
Conjugation
More information Conjugation of (weak), infinitive ...
Derived terms
adjectives
nouns
verbs
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: stem
  • → Caribbean Javanese: setèm, nyetèm, nyetèmi
  • → Papiamentu: stèm, stem

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

stemmen

  1. plural of stem
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German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stammijaną. Compare Old Norse stemma (“to halt, to dam”), Swedish stämma (“to block”), English stem and English stammer.

Pronunciation

Verb

stemmen (weak, third-person singular present stemmt, past tense stemmte, past participle gestemmt, auxiliary haben) (transitive)

  1. to heave, to lift (a heavy load, weights, oneself)
  2. to brace, to press (a body part against a firm surface)
    die Hände in die Hüften stemmen ― to put one's arms against one's hips
  3. (reflexive) to push, to brace oneself (against an obstacle or opposing force)
    Er stemmte sich gegen die Menschenmenge. ― He braced himself against the crowd.
    1. (figurative) to push back against, to try to resist (an undesirable policy, development, or trend)
      Synonyms: widersetzen, Widerstand leisten, sträuben
      • 2025 April 11, Felix Hackenbruch, “Schwarz-Rot zunächst gegen Pflicht: Reicht der freiwillige Wehrdienst aus?”, in Tagesspiegel‎, archived from the original on 12 April 2025:
        Genau dagegen, also eine Rückkehr der derzeit ausgesetzten harten Wehrpflicht, stemmt sich jedoch seine eigene Partei.
        But exactly this, namely a return of the currently suspended compulsory military draft, is what his own party is pushing back against.
  4. to pry (something out of an affixed position with e.g. a chisel or crowbar)
    Fliesen von der Wand stemmen ― to pry tiles off the wall
  5. (figurative) to manage to handle, to get done (a heavy workload, a difficult project)
    1. to afford, to manage to pay (a significant cost or financial investment)
      • 2024 July 12, “EU: Neue Plastikgesetze könnten Import von Schnittblumen aus Kenia beeinträchtigen”, in Der Spiegel‎, →ISSN:
        Die Vorschriften führten zu Extrakosten. Diese könnten manche Handelspartner nicht stemmen, befürchten Experten.
        The regulations would result in additional costs. Some trade partners would not be able to afford them, experts fear.
  6. (colloquial) to drink, to tipple
    ein Bierchen stemmen ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

Conjugation of stemmen (weak, auxiliary haben)
More information infinitive, present participle ...

1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

Composed forms of stemmen (weak, auxiliary haben)
More information perfect, singular ...

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Etymology

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

Verb

stemmen

  1. to stem, to stop, to block

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

stemmen m

  1. definite singular of stemme

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