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Stimme

See also: stimme

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German stimme, from Old High German stimma or stimna, from Proto-West Germanic *stebnu, from Proto-Germanic *stebnō or *stamnijō from Proto-Indo-European *stomen- (“mouth, muzzle”).

Cognate with Hunsrik Stimm, English steven, Old English stefn, Old English stemn (“voice”), Old Frisian stifne, stemme (“voice”), Old Saxon stemna (“voice”) (Dutch stem), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌱𐌽𐌰 (stibna, “voice”), and Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Stimme f (genitive Stimme, plural Stimmen, diminutive Stimmchen n)

  1. voice (speaking or singing), call of an animal
    • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 38:
      Er ging rasch und sicher, trällerte vor sich hin, endlich begann er sogar zu singen mit einer schönen dunklen Stimme, die ihm selber fremd vorkam.
      He walked fast and firmly, trilled to himself, finally he even started to sing in a beautiful dark voice, which seemed unfamiliar to himself.
  2. vote

Declension

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Declension of Stimme [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Stimme die Stimmen
genitive einer der Stimme der Stimmen
dative einer der Stimme den Stimmen
accusative eine die Stimme die Stimmen

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “Stimme” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Stimme” in Duden online

Hunsrik

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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Stimme f

  1. plural of Stimm
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