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stemmen

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See also: stëmmen

Danish

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Noun

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stemmen c

  1. definite singular of stemme

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈstɛmə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: stem‧men
  • Rhymes: -ɛmən

Etymology 1

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From stem +‎ -en.

Verb

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stemmen

  1. (intransitive, sometimes transitive) to vote (to cast a vote)
  2. (transitive) to adopt by vote (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  3. (transitive) to tune (to the right pitch)
  4. (transitive) to bring into a certain mood
    Ons offer zal de goden gunstig stemmen.
    Our offering will please the gods.
  5. (intransitive, obsolete) to agree
Conjugation
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Conjugation of stemmen (weak)
infinitive stemmen
past singular stemde
past participle gestemd
infinitive stemmen
gerund stemmen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular stem stemde
2nd person sing. (jij) stemt, stem2 stemde
2nd person sing. (u) stemt stemde
2nd person sing. (gij) stemt stemde
3rd person singular stemt stemde
plural stemmen stemden
subjunctive sing.1 stemme stemde
subjunctive plur.1 stemmen stemden
imperative sing. stem
imperative plur.1 stemt
participles stemmend gestemd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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adjectives
Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: stem
  • Caribbean Javanese: setèm, nyetèm, nyetèmi
  • Papiamentu: stèm, stem

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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stemmen

  1. plural of stem

German

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *stammijaną. Compare Old Norse stemma (to halt, to dam), Swedish stämma (to block), English stem and English stammer.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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stemmen (weak, third-person singular present stemmt, past tense stemmte, past participle gestemmt, auxiliary haben) (transitive)

  1. to heave, to lift (a heavy load, weights, oneself)
  2. to brace, to press (a body part against a firm surface)
    die Hände in die Hüften stemmento put one's arms against one's hips
  3. (reflexive) to push, to brace oneself (against an obstacle or opposing force)
    Er stemmte sich gegen die Menschenmenge.He braced himself against the crowd.
    1. (figurative) to push back against, to try to resist (an undesirable policy, development, or trend)
      Synonyms: widersetzen, Widerstand leisten, sträuben
      • 2025 April 11, Felix Hackenbruch, “Schwarz-Rot zunächst gegen Pflicht: Reicht der freiwillige Wehrdienst aus?”, in Tagesspiegel[1], archived from the original on 12 April 2025:
        Genau dagegen, also eine Rückkehr der derzeit ausgesetzten harten Wehrpflicht, stemmt sich jedoch seine eigene Partei.
        But exactly this, namely a return of the currently suspended compulsory military draft, is what his own party is pushing back against.
  4. to pry (something out of an affixed position with e.g. a chisel or crowbar)
    Fliesen von der Wand stemmento pry tiles off the wall
  5. (figurative) to manage to handle, to get done (a heavy workload, a difficult project)
    1. to afford, to manage to pay (a significant cost or financial investment)
      • 2024 July 12, “EU: Neue Plastikgesetze könnten Import von Schnittblumen aus Kenia beeinträchtigen”, in Der Spiegel[2], →ISSN:
        Die Vorschriften führten zu Extrakosten. Diese könnten manche Handelspartner nicht stemmen, befürchten Experten.
        The regulations would result in additional costs. Some trade partners would not be able to afford them, experts fear.
  6. (colloquial) to drink, to tipple
    ein Bierchen stemmen(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • stemmen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • stemmen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • stemmen” in Duden online
  • stemmen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *stemmen, from Proto-Germanic *stammijaną.

Verb

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stemmen

  1. to stem, to stop, to block

Inflection

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Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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stemmen m

  1. definite singular of stemme