stemmen

See also: stëmmen

Danish

Noun

stemmen c

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of stemme

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛmə(n)/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: stem‧men
• Rhymes: -ɛmən
• Rhymes: -ɛmən

Etymology 1

From stem +‎ -en.

Verb

stemmen

1. (intransitive, sometimes transitive) to vote
2. (transitive) to tune (to the right pitch)
3. (transitive) to bring into a certain mood

   Ons offer zal de goden gunstig stemmen.

   Our offering will please the gods.

4. (intransitive, obsolete) to agree

Inflection

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	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.

Derived terms

• afstemmen
• bestemmen
• instemmen
• overeenstemmen
• stemlokaal

Descendants

• Afrikaans: stem

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

stemmen

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of stem

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German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtɛmən/

• Audio:

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Verb

1. to press, to press against, to brace

   Er stemmte sich gegen die Menschenmenge. ― He braced himself against the crowd.

   Synonyms: drücken, pressen, drängen

2. (sports) to lift

Derived terms

• Stemmeisen
• Stemmmeißel
• durchstemmen
• emporstemmen
• herausstemmen
• hochstemmen

See also

• stumm
• Stummel

Further reading

• “stemmen” in Duden online

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Verb

stemmen

1. to stem, to stop, to block

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “stemmen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

stemmen m

1. definite singular of stemme