English

Noun

stemme ‎(plural stemmes)

1. Obsolete form of stem.

Afrikaans

Noun

stemme

1. plural of stem

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɛmə/, [ˈsd̥ɛmə]

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German stemme, stemne, stimme, from Proto-Germanic *stamnijō ‎(“voice, sound”). More at steven.

Noun

stemme c (singular definite stemmen, plural indefinite stemmer)

1. voice (sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song)
2. vote

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German stemmen.

Verb

stemme ‎(imperative stem, infinitive at stemme, present tense stemmer, past tense stemte, perfect tense har stemt)

1. voice
2. tune
3. vote

Etymology 3

From Old Norse stemma.

Verb

stemme ‎(imperative stem, present tense stemmer, past tense stemmede or stemte, past participle stemmet or stemt)

1. stem
2. chisel

Dutch

Verb

stemme

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of stemmen

German

Verb

stemme

1. First-person singular present of stemmen.
2. Imperative singular of stemmen.
3. First-person singular subjunctive I of stemmen.
4. Third-person singular subjunctive I of stemmen.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From German Low German

Noun

stemme m ‎(definite singular stemmen, indefinite plural stemmer, definite plural stemmene)

1. a voice
2. a vote

Derived terms

• enstemmig

Etymology 2

From German Low German

Verb

stemme ‎(imperative stem, present tense stemmer, simple past stemte, past participle stemt, present participle stemmende)

1. to tune (e.g. a guitar or a piano)
2. to vote

Derived terms

• stemmerett
• stemning

References

• “stemme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From German Low German

Noun

stemme f ‎(definite singular stemma, indefinite plural stemmer, definite plural stemmene)

1. a voice
2. a vote

Etymology 2

From German Low German

Alternative forms

• stemma

Verb

stemme

1. to tune (e.g. a guitar or a piano)
2. to vote

Inflection

Synonyms

• (vote) røysta/røyste

Derived terms

• stemmerett
• stemning

References

• “stemme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.