stammen
Danish
Etymology 1
From stamme (“stammer, stutter”) + -en.
Noun
stammen c
See also
- stammen on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Etymology 2
See stamme.
Noun
stammen c sg
- definite singular of stamme
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɑmə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɑmən
Etymology 1
From stam + -en, with influence from German stammen.
Verb
stammen
Conjugation
| Conjugation of stammen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | stammen | |||
| past singular | stamde | |||
| past participle | gestamd | |||
| infinitive | stammen | |||
| gerund | stammen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | stam | stamde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | stamt, stam2 | stamde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | stamt | stamde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | stamt | stamde | ||
| 3rd person singular | stamt | stamde | ||
| plural | stammen | stamden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | stamme | stamde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | stammen | stamden | ||
| imperative sing. | stam | |||
| imperative plur.1 | stamt | |||
| participles | stammend | gestamd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
stammen
- plural of stam
German
Etymology
Stamm (“main stem”) + -en (“verbal infinitive suffix”); compare also English stem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃtamən/, [ˈʃtamn̩]
Audio: (file)
Verb
stammen (weak, third-person singular present stammt, past tense stammte, past participle gestammt, auxiliary haben)
- to descend, to originate, to be derived
- Der Fremde stammt ursprünglich aus Schottland.
- The Stranger is originally from Scotland.
- Er stammt von hier.
- He's from here.
- Woher stammt deine Familie?
- Where is your family from?
- Das Kind stammt von ihm.
- The child is from him.
- Die Münze stammt aus dem 9. Jahrhundert.
- The coin dates from the 9th century.
- Das Zitat stammt aus der Bibel.
- The quote is from the Bible.
- aus der Erfahrung stammen. ― to come from experience.
- 2010 July 12, Gerald Traufetter, “Grüner fliegen”, in Der Spiegel[1], number 28, archived from the original on 30 September 2010, page 109:
- Optimistischen Schätzungen zufolge könnte im Jahr 2040 bereits die Hälfte des Flugzeugsprits aus biologischen Quellen stammen.
- According to optimistic estimates, already half of the airplane fuel could originate from biological sources in the year 2040.
Conjugation
Conjugation of stammen (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | stammen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | stammend | ||||
| past participle | gestammt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich stamme | wir stammen | i | ich stamme | wir stammen |
| du stammst | ihr stammt | du stammest | ihr stammet | ||
| er stammt | sie stammen | er stamme | sie stammen | ||
| preterite | ich stammte | wir stammten | ii | ich stammte1 | wir stammten1 |
| du stammtest | ihr stammtet | du stammtest1 | ihr stammtet1 | ||
| er stammte | sie stammten | er stammte1 | sie stammten1 | ||
| imperative | stamm (du) stamme (du) |
stammt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of stammen (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
- abstammen
- entstammen
- herstammen (“to come from”)
Related terms
Further reading
- “stammen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “stammen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “stammen” in Duden online
- “stammen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
stammen m sg
- definite singular of stamme
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Noun
stammen m sg
- definite masculine singular of stamme
Swedish
Noun
stammen
- definite singular of stam
West Frisian
Noun
stammen
- plural of stam