Stamm

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German [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old High German stam, from Proto-Germanic *stamma, from Proto-Indo-European *sta- (“to stand, stay”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

Stamm m (genitive Stamms or Stammes, plural Stämme)

  1. trunk (of a tree), stem
  2. tribe
  3. (linguistics) stem (of a word)
  4. (biology) phylum
  5. (microbiology) strain (of bacteria, etc.)

Declension [edit]

declension of Stamm
singular plural
m gender indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Stamm die Stämme
genitive eines des Stammes,
Stamms		 der Stämme
dative einem dem Stamm,
Stamme (archaic)		 den Stämmen
accusative einen den Stamm die Stämme

Derived terms [edit]

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