stam
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
stam (third-person singular simple present stams, present participle stamming, simple past and past participle stammed)
- (UK, dialect, obsolete, transitive) To confound.
Noun[edit]
stam
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch stam, from Middle Dutch stam, from Old Dutch *stam, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *stamniz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
stam (plural stamme)
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Dutch stam, from Old Dutch *stam, from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz.
Noun[edit]
stam m (plural stammen, diminutive stammetje n)
- trunk of a tree
- Synonym: boomstam
- (linguistics) stem
- tribe, clan
- Synonym: volksstam
- (biology, taxonomy) phylum
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
stam
- inflection of stammen:
Anagrams[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
stam (masculine and feminine stam, neuter stamt, definite singular and plural stamme)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
stam m (definite singular stammen, indefinite plural stammar, definite plural stammane)
- European chub (Squalius cephalus)
- Synonym: årbuk
References[edit]
- “stam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish staffn, stampn, from Old Norse stafn. Cognate with Danish stavn.
Pronunciation[edit]
audio (file)
Noun[edit]
stam c
Declension[edit]
Declension of stam | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | stam | stammen | stammar | stammarna |
Genitive | stams | stammens | stammars | stammarnas |
References[edit]
- stam in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Anagrams[edit]
West Frisian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
stam c (plural stammen, diminutive stamke)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “stam”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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