stimmen
See also: Stimmen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German stimmen, from Old High German *stimmen (attested in Old High German gistimmen), from the same source as German Stimme (“voice, vote”).
Pronunciation
Verb
stimmen (weak, third-person singular present stimmt, past tense stimmte, past participle gestimmt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to be right, to be correct, to be proper, to be true
- Was stimmt mit dir nicht? ― What's wrong with you?
- Das stimmt! ― That's for sure!
- 1969, Peter Bichsel, Kindergeschichten:
- Tag und Nacht saß er über seinen Plänen und prüfte sie nach, und sie stimmten.
- Day and night he sat over his plans and checked them; and they were right.
- to vote
- (music, an instrument) to tune
- (with an adjective of emotion, transitive) to make (someone happy, sad, etc.)
Conjugation
infinitive | stimmen | ||||
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present participle | stimmend | ||||
past participle | gestimmt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich stimme | wir stimmen | i | ich stimme | wir stimmen |
du stimmst | ihr stimmt | du stimmest | ihr stimmet | ||
er stimmt | sie stimmen | er stimme | sie stimmen | ||
preterite | ich stimmte | wir stimmten | ii | ich stimmte1 | wir stimmten1 |
du stimmtest | ihr stimmtet | du stimmtest1 | ihr stimmtet1 | ||
er stimmte | sie stimmten | er stimmte1 | sie stimmten1 | ||
imperative | stimm (du) stimme (du) |
stimmt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “stimmen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “stimmen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “stimmen” in Duden online
- “stimmen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Swedish
Noun
stimmen
Anagrams
West Frisian
Noun
stimmen
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