stam

See also: Stam and stäm

English

Verb

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

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

Noun

stam

1. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) Confusion.

Anagrams

• AMTs, ASTM, ATMs, MAST, MTAs, Mast, Mats, amts, mast, mast-, mats, tams

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Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stam/

Noun

stam (plural stamme)

1. tribe

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɑm/

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• Hyphenation: stam
• Rhymes: -ɑm

Etymology 1

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

Noun

stam m (plural stammen, diminutive stammetje n)

1. trunk of a tree

   Synonym: boomstam

2. (linguistics) stem
3. tribe, clan

   Synonym: volksstam

4. (biology, taxonomy) phylum

Derived terms

• boomstam
• stammen
• stamhoofd
• stamvader
• volksstam

Descendants

• Afrikaans: stam

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

stam

1. first-person singular present indicative of stammen
2. imperative of stammen

Anagrams

• mast, tams

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stammr.

Adjective

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

1. which stutters or stammers

Etymology 2

Noun

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

1. European chub (Squalius cephalus)

   Synonym: årbuk

References

• “stam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• mast, samt, tams

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Swedish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

stam c

1. trunk of a tree
2. (linguistics) stem
3. tribe, clan
4. (taxonomy) phylum

Declension

Declension of stam
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	stam	stammen	stammar	stammarna
Genitive	stams	stammens	stammars	stammarnas

Anagrams

• Mats, mast, mats, samt

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West Frisian

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

• stamfaar

Further reading

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