stämma

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

• IPA^(key): /²stɛmːa/

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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

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

• stämma in Svensk ordbok.