Feminine

Stimme

Meaning

  1. (feminine) voice (speaking or singing), call of an animal
  2. (feminine) vote

Frequency

A2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

stimm

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃtɪmə/
Etymology

In summary

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”).

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