Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

die stem

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables: die stem
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Call of South Africa

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Babenia refused to sing Die Stem, South Africa's former national anthem, despite then President Nelson Mandela requesting people to do."
"The Day PW Made Us Sing "Die Stem" at Kruger's Swiss House"
"The manager of the London Cup hockey tournament must apologise for playing apartheid anthem "Die Stem" before South Africa's clash with Great Britain, SA Hockey Association chief executive Marissa Langeni said on Wednesday."
""Die Stem" is South Africa's old anthem, the one used during the apartheid era."
"Steve Hofmeyr, "Die Stem" and living in the past"
"EFF "missing the plot" on Die Stem"

Etymology

From Afrikaans Die Stem (literally “the voice”).

Origin

Source language: Afrikaans

Word Breakdown

Root: Die Stem

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does die stem mean?: The Call of South Africa
Where does die stem come from?: It is traced to Afrikaans.

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