stämma

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See also: stamma and stæmma

Swedish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²stɛmːa/
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Noun

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

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

Verb

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

Conjugation

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