stemmen

See also: stëmmen

Danish

Noun

stemmen c

  1. definite singular of stemme

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɛmə(n)/
  • (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
Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms
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

German

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtɛmən/
  • (file)

Verb

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

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

  • Stemmeisen
  • Stemmmeißel
  • durchstemmen
  • emporstemmen
  • herausstemmen
  • hochstemmen

See also

Further reading

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

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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