---
name: "Search::Xapian::Stem"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libsearch-xapian-perl"
version: "1.2.25.5-3+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Search::Xapian::Stem"
---

# Search::Xapian::Stem(3pm)

Snowball stemmer

## NAME

Search::Xapian::Stem - Snowball stemmer

## SYNOPSIS

```
    my $stemmer = Search::Xapian::Stem->new('norwegian');
    my $stemmed_foo = $stemmer->stem_word($foo);
```

## DESCRIPTION

## METHODS

- new \<language\>

  Constructor. Takes the language to stem as a parameter.

- stem\_word \<word\>

  Returns the stemmed form of the given word.

## SEE ALSO

Search::Xapian, Search::Xapian::QueryParser, Search::Xapian::TermGenerator