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English

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stam (third-person singular simple present stams, present participle stamming, simple past and past participle stammed)

  1. (UK, dialect, obsolete, transitive) To confound.

Noun

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stam

  1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) Confusion.

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch stam, from Middle Dutch stam, from Old Dutch *stam, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *stamniz.

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Noun

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stam (plural stamme)

  1. tribe

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch stam, from Old Dutch *stam, from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz.

Noun

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stam m (plural stammen, diminutive stammetje n)

  1. trunk of a tree
    Synonym: boomstam
  2. (linguistics) stem
  3. tribe, clan
    Synonym: volksstam
    • 2025 March 10, Edwien Bodjie, “Bendepai-contest voor behoud Saamaka cultuur [Bendepai contest for preservation of Saamaka culture]”, in De Ware Tijd[1], retrieved 7 May 2025:
      Het contest stond vooral open voor jongemannen met Saamaka roots, maar het door hen gepresenteerde geldt grotendeels ook voor andere stammen.
      The contest was mostly open to young men with Saamaka roots, but what they presented is largely applicable to other tribes as well.
  4. (biology, taxonomy) phylum
    Hypernym: rijk
    Hyponym: klasse
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: stam
  • Papiamentu: stam

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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stam

  1. inflection of stammen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse stammr.

Adjective

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stam (masculine and feminine stam, neuter stamt, definite singular and plural stamme)

  1. which stutters or stammers

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Noun

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stam m (definite singular stammen, indefinite plural stammar, definite plural stammane)

  1. European chub (Squalius cephalus)
    Synonym: årbuk

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
en stam (sense 1)

Etymology

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From Old Swedish staffn, stampn, from Old Norse stafn. Cognate with Danish stavn.

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Noun

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stam c

  1. a trunk (of a tree)
    Synonym: trädstam
    trädets stam
    the trunk the of tree
  2. a stem (of a plant, more generally – see usage notes)
  3. a stem (central part from which things branch off, sometimes abstractly)
    1. (anatomy) a stem
      hjärnstammen
      the brain stem
    2. (taxonomy) a phylum
    3. (linguistics) a stem
  4. a tribe
    en indianstam
    an Indian tribe
  5. a population (of animals, in an area (often a country))
    den svenska vargstammen
    the Swedish wolf population

Usage notes

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The intuition in Swedish is the opposite of that in English, with a stam normally being a tree trunk (while also being the general word for stem). A stem of a herbaceous (non-woody) plant is a stjälk (stalk), and only a stam in a more technical sense.

Declension

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Declension of stam
nominative genitive
singular indefinite stam stams
definite stammen stammens
plural indefinite stammar stammars
definite stammarna stammarnas

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West Frisian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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stam c (plural stammen, diminutive stamke)

  1. trunk of a tree
  2. stem (of a plant)
  3. stem (of a word)
  4. family, genus
  5. tribe, clan

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Further reading

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  • stam”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011