Stamm

German

Etymology

From Old High German stam, from Proto-Germanic *stamnaz, *stamniz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand, stay”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʃtam]
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -am

Noun

Stamm m (genitive Stamms or Stammes, plural Stämme)

trunk (of a tree), stem
tribe
(linguistics) stem (of a word)
(biology) phylum
(microbiology) strain (of bacteria, etc.)

Declension

Declension of Stamm

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Stamm	die	Stämme
genitive	eines	des	Stammes, Stamms	der	Stämme
dative	einem	dem	Stamm, Stamme¹	den	Stämmen
accusative	einen	den	Stamm	die	Stämme

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

Further reading

Stamm in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃtɑm/
Rhymes: -ɑm

Noun

Stamm m (plural Stämm)

stem (of a plant), trunk (of a tree)
tribe
(biology) phylum

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