See also: stamma and stæmma

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German stemmen, from Old Saxon *stemnian, from Proto-West Germanic *stabnijan, from Proto-Germanic *stabnijaną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²stɛmːa/
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Noun

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stämma c

  1. a voice (language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion)
  2. a pitch, a part
    sjunga i stämmor
    sing in parts
  3. a meeting, an assembly

Declension

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Derived terms

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voice
meeting

Verb

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stämma (present stämmer, preterite stämde, supine stämt, imperative stäm)

  1. to agree, to correspond, to tally, to be correct
    Det där stämmer ju bara inte!
    That simply isn't correct.
  2. to tune (to tune an instrument)
  3. to arrange (a meeting)
    Vi beslöt oss för att stämma träff.
    We agreed upon arranging a meeting.
  4. to summon, to sue

Conjugation

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Further reading

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