stämma

See also: stamma and stæmma

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²stɛmːa/
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Noun

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
Declension of stämma 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stämma stämman stämmor stämmorna
Genitive stämmas stämmans stämmors stämmornas
  • riksstämma
  • sopranstämma
  • stämmodeltagare

Verb

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
Conjugation of stämma (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive stämma stämmas
Supine stämt stämts
Imperative stäm —
Imper. plural1 stämmen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative stämmer stämde stäms, stämmes stämdes
Ind. plural1 stämma stämde stämmas stämdes
Subjunctive2 stämme stämde stämmes stämdes
Participles
Present participle stämmande
Past participle stämd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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