Modern English → Old English
Old English word for stem
5 headwords match “stem”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; stemn ranks first.
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stem — stem
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular stemn genitive singular stemnes dative singular stemne accusative singular stemn nominative plural stemnas genitive plural stemna -
stem — stem
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular stofn genitive singular stofnes dative singular stofne accusative singular stofn nominative plural stofnas genitive plural stofna -
stem — Forms feminine ō-stem nouns denoting a tool or instrument.
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular -sn genitive singular -sne dative singular -sne accusative singular -sne nominative plural -sna, -sne genitive plural -sna -
stem — verbal suffix added to adjectives, nouns, and (rarely) verb roots, generally causing i-mut
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative -siġe first-person singular past indicative -sode second-person singular present indicative -sast second-person singular past indicative -sodest third-person singular present indicative -saþ third-person singular past indicative -sode -
stem — Marks the dative singular of a-stem and ō-stem nouns
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular -e genitive singular -an dative singular -an accusative singular -an nominative plural -an genitive plural -ena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “stem” gets the points below; the candidates are then sorted by total. The score is shown on each entry above so the order can be checked rather than trusted.
| The English word opens the headword's definition | +10 |
| It appears later in the first definition | +6 |
| It appears in any definition | +3 |
| It is in the headword's links | +2 |
| It is listed as an English descendant (etymological evidence) | +9 |
| The headword has an inflection table | +3 |
| Part of speech is a proper noun | −5 |
| Part of speech is a verb (-ian derivations are noisy) | −3 |
| The headword is an alternative form | −6 |
| The first definition is longer than three words | −2 |
A candidate has to be a real headword with its own entry: inflected forms and grammatical terminology (genitive, nominative, preterite, …) never appear here.
Not one of these?
The match may be a different sense of “stem”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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