stemmen

See also: stëmmen

Danish

Noun

stemmen c

  1. singular definite of stemme

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From stem + -en.

Verb

stemmen

  1. (intransitive, sometimes transitive) to vote
  2. (transitive) to tune (to the right pitch)
  3. (transitive) to bring into a certain mood
    Ons offer zal de goden gunstig stemmen.
    Our offering will please the gods.
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) to agree
Inflection
Inflection 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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

stemmen

  1. Plural form 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 (third-person singular simple present stemmt, past tense stemmte, past participle gestemmt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to press, to press against, to brace
    Er stemmte sich gegen die Menschenmenge.He braced himself against the crowd.
    Synonyms: drücken, pressen, drängen
  2. (sports) to lift

Conjugation

Derived terms

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

See also

Further reading


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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