stemme

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English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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stemme (plural stemmes)

  1. Obsolete form of stem.

Etymology 2

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Blend of stud +‎ femme

Noun

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stemme (plural stemmes)

  1. A lesbian, chiefly African-American, exhibiting both stud and femme traits.
    Synonym: futch
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Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Noun

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stemme

  1. plural of stem

Danish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German stemme, stemne, stimme, from Proto-Germanic *stamnijō (voice, sound). Cognate of English steven and German Stimme. The meaning "vote" is influenced by modern German Stimme.

The Norse word røst is still in use.

Noun

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stemme c (singular definite stemmen, plural indefinite stemmer)

  1. voice (sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song)
    Synonym: røst
  2. vote
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Etymology 2

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From Middle Low German stemmen, cf. German stimmen. Derived from the noun.

Verb

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stemme (imperative stem, infinitive at stemme, present tense stemmer, past tense stemte, perfect tense har stemt)

  1. voice
  2. tune
  3. vote

Etymology 3

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From Old Norse stemma, from Proto-Germanic *stammijaną (to stop).

Verb

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stemme (imperative stem, present tense stemmer, past tense stemmede or stemte, past participle stemmet or stemt)

  1. stem
  2. chisel
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Dutch

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Verb

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stemme

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of stemmen

German

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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stemme

  1. inflection of stemmen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
    3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English stemn, from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz.

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Noun

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stemme (plural stemmes)

  1. The main body or stem of a tree.
  2. The stern-post of a ship.

Descendants

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  • English: stem
  • Yola: stevin

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From German Low German stimme.

Noun

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stemme m (definite singular stemmen, indefinite plural stemmer, definite plural stemmene)

  1. a voice
  2. a vote
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Etymology 2

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From German Low German stemmen.

Verb

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stemme (imperative stem, present tense stemmer, simple past stemte, past participle stemt, present participle stemmende)

  1. to tune (e.g. a guitar or a piano)
  2. to vote
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German stimme.

Noun

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stemme f (definite singular stemma, indefinite plural stemmer, definite plural stemmene)

  1. a voice
  2. a vote
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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stemme (present tense stemmer, past tense stemde or stemte, past participle stemt, present participle stemmande, imperative stem)

  1. e-infinitive form of stemma (in dialects with e-infinitive or split infinitive)

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