stam

See also: Stam and stäm

English

Verb

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

  1. (Britain, dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To confound.

Noun

stam

  1. (Britain, dialectal, obsolete) Confusion.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch stam, from Middle Dutch stam.

Noun

stam (plural stamme)

  1. tribe

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /stɑm/
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  • Hyphenation: stam
  • Rhymes: -ɑm

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stam. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

stam m (plural stammen, diminutive stammetje n)

  1. trunk of a tree
  2. (linguistics) stem
  3. tribe, clan
  4. (biology, taxonomy) phylum
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

stam

  1. first-person singular present indicative of stammen
  2. imperative of stammen

Anagrams

Swedish

Pronunciation
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Noun

stam c

  1. trunk of a tree
  2. (linguistics) stem
  3. tribe, clan
  4. (taxonomy) phylum

Declension
Declension of stam 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stam stammen stammar stammarna
Genitive stams stammens stammars stammarnas

West Frisian

Etymology

Noun

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

Derived terms

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