Contionary:stamen

Niemish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈstaːmʲɪn/

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stamniz.

Noun

² stámen n.m. syncopating hard stem

  1. tree trunk, main stem of a woody plant (not used of non-woody plants or twigs)
  2. (linguistics) stem (of a word)
  3. (biology) phylum
  4. (microbiology) strain (of bacteria, etc.)

Declension

declension of stámen (mh-S declension)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stámen stámnan stámens stámnas
genitive stä́mins stä́mnes stä́mne stä́minse
dative stámen stámnum stámną stámnę

Derived terms

See also

  • stál ("stalk, stem of a non-woody plant")
  • stáng ("standard, flagpole")