🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Stimme

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shtim-uh

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Vote/voʊt/
nounverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #850 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Jede Stimme zählt bei der Wahl."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A formal indication of a choice between two or more candidates or courses of action, expressed typically through a ballot, a show of hands, or a digital device.

    "Every eligible citizen has the right to cast a vote in the national election."
As verb
  1. 1

    To give a vote; to express a formal choice for or against someone or something in an election or meeting.

    "Millions of citizens turned out to vote for their preferred candidates."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin votum, meaning a vow, wish, or promise, originating from the past participle of vocare, to vow or call upon. In Middle English, it evolved to denote a formal expression of opinion or will in a deliberative body or election.

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