stam – Wiktionary

See also: Stam and stäm

English

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• IPA(key):

  /stæm/

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stam (third-person singular simple present stams, present participle stamming, simple past and past participle stammed)

1. (

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   dialect

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   obsolete

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   transitive

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   To confound.

Noun

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stam

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch stam, from Middle Dutch stam, from Old Dutch *stam, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *stamniz.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key):

  /stam/

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Noun

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stam (plural stamme)

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key):

  /stɑm/

• Audio
• Hyphenation:

  stam

• Rhymes:

  -ɑm

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch stam, from Old Dutch *stam, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *stamniz.

Noun

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stam m (plural stammen, diminutive stammetje n)

1. trunk of a tree

   boomstam

2. (

   linguistics

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   stem

3. tribe, clan

   volksstam

4. (

   biology

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   taxonomy

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   phylum

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Descendants

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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stam

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse stammr.

Adjective

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stam (masculine and feminine stam, neuter stamt, definite singular and plural stamme)

1. which stutters or stammers

Etymology 2

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Noun

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stam m (definite singular stammen, indefinite plural stammar, definite plural stammane)

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• “stam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish staffn, stampn, from Old Norse stafn. Cognate with Danish stavn.

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stam c

1. trunk of a tree

2. (

   linguistics

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   stem

3. tribe, clan

4. (

   taxonomy

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   phylum

Declension

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Declension of stam 

Singular

Plural

Indefinite

Definite

Indefinite

Definite

Nominative

stam
stammen
stammar
stammarna

Genitive

stams
stammens
stammars
stammarnas

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References

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• stam in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

West Frisian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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stam c (plural stammen, diminutive stamke)

1. trunk of a tree
2. stem (of a plant)
3. stem (of a word)
4. family, genus
5. tribe, clan

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Further reading

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• “stam”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011