stämma

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See also: stamma and stæmma

Swedish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle Low German stemmen, from Old Saxon *stemnian, from Proto-West Germanic *stabnijan, from Proto-Germanic *stabnijaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /²stɛmːa/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

stämma c

  1. a voice (language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion)
  2. a pitch, a part
    sjunga i stämmor
    sing in parts
  3. a meeting, an assembly

Declension[edit]

Declension of stämma 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stämma stämman stämmor stämmorna
Genitive stämmas stämmans stämmors stämmornas

Derived terms[edit]

voice
meeting

Verb[edit]

stämma (present stämmer, preterite stämde, supine stämt, imperative stäm)

  1. to agree, to correspond, to tally, to be correct
    Det där stämmer ju bara inte!
    That simply isn't correct.
  2. to tune (to tune an instrument)
  3. to arrange (a meeting)
    Vi beslöt oss för att stämma träff.
    We agreed upon arranging a meeting.
  4. to summon, to sue

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