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
Conjugation of stemmen (weak)
infinitive stemmen
past singular stemde
past participle gestemd
infinitive stemmen
gerund stemmen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular stemstemde
2nd person sing. (jij) stemtstemde
2nd person sing. (u) stemtstemde
2nd person sing. (gij) stemtstemde
3rd person singular stemtstemde
plural stemmenstemden
subjunctive sing.1 stemmestemde
subjunctive plur.1 stemmenstemden
imperative sing. stem
imperative plur.1 stemt
participles stemmendgestemd
1) Archaic.
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

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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