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, dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To confound.

Noun

stam

1. (Britain, dialectal, obsolete) Confusion.

Anagrams

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

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch stam, from Middle Dutch 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. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

stam m (plural stammen, diminutive stammetje n)

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

Derived terms

• stammen
• 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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Swedish

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

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West Frisian

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