ich stammte

came from, originated

→ stammen
stamm come from, originate + te Past tense (I/he/she/it)
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #36,741
came from, originated Past-tense form of stammen; often used with aus to say where someone or something came from.
GE: Meine Großmutter stammte aus Berlin.
EN: My grandmother came from Berlin.
Conjugation of stammen
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First stammte —
Third stammte —
Subjunctive past
SingularPlural
First stammte —
Third stammte —

Er stammte von anderswo; seine Sitten waren andere als unsere.

He came from somewhere else; his ways were different from ours.

Diese Idee stammte nicht von mir.

This idea was not mine.

— Nürnberg (2025)

Meine Mutter stammte aus dem Dorf Darhom im Fouad.

My mother came from the village of Darhom in Fouad.

— Die Frau die singt - Incendies (2010)

Mein Urgroßvater stammte aus Galizien in Osteuropa.

My great-grandfather came from Galicia in Eastern Europe.

Das alles stammte größtenteils vom Geld ihrer Familie.

Most of it came from her family’s money.

Mein Urgroßvater stammte aus Galizien.

My great-grandfather came from Galicia.