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stämma

agree, correspond, tally, tune, summons, arrange/²stɛmːa/

stämma as a verb

Meaning

agree, correspond, tally; tune; summons; arrange

In Swedish: vara korrekt

Conjugation

Conjugation of stämma (agree)
Infinitive	att stämma	to agree
Present	stämmer	jag stämmer
Past	stämde	jag stämde
Supine	stämt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har stämt	jag har stämt
Past perfect	hade stämt	jag hade stämt
Future	ska stämma	or: kommer att stämma
Conditional	skulle stämma	jag skulle stämma
Imperative	stäm!	a command
Present participle	stämmande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	stämd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of stämma
Infinitive	stämmas
Present	stämms
Past	stämdes
Supine	stämts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use stämmer. See the four verb groups explained.

stämma as a noun(en stämma)

Meaning

voice; pitch; part; assembly; meeting

In Swedish: röst

Forms

Forms of stämma
Singular, indefinite	en stämma
Singular, definite	stämman
Plural, indefinite	stämmor
Plural, definite	stämmorna

stämma is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor stämma, den stora stämman. Check another noun

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stämma in a sentence

räkningen stämmer inte
the bill is not correct
det stämmer precis
that is exactly right
stämma pianot
tune the piano
kommunen tänker stämma företaget för brott mot miljölagen
the local authority intends to sue the company for violation of the Environment Act
stämma träff
arrange a meeting, agree on a meeting
Det där stämmer ju bara inte!
That simply isn't correct.
Vi beslöt oss för att stämma träff.
We agreed upon arranging a meeting.
hon talade med bruten stämma
she spoke in a broken voice
sjunga i stämmor
sing in parts

Expressions

göra sin stämma hörd
make one's voice heard

Words built with stämma

basstämma bass part (voice)
solostämma solo part
partistämma political party conference

Questions

What does stämma mean in English?

stämma means “agree, correspond, tally, tune”.

Is it en stämma or ett stämma?

It is en stämma, and “the voice” is stämman.

What is the plural of stämma?

The plural of stämma is stämmor, and the definite plural is stämmorna.

What is the past tense of stämma?

The past tense of stämma is stämde (“jag stämde”). The supine is stämt, used in “jag har stämt”.

What is the present tense of stämma?

stämmer, the same for every person: jag stämmer, du stämmer, vi stämmer.

Similar words

passa ihop med

Origin

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

Nearby common words

stämma is number 490 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

486klar clear, bright, obvious
487anta assume, suppose
488bakom behind, at the rear (back)
489eftersom because, seeing that, since, as, because
491idiot idiot
492förklara explain, declare
493tyst quiet, silent
494mannen man (usually friendly term of address)

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary