stånd
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Formed from the verb stå (“to stand, be upright”), likely with influence from Middle Low German stān, from Old Saxon stān. Cognate with English stand, Danish stand, Norwegian Bokmål stand, Norwegian Nynorsk stand.
Noun edit
stånd n
- (in some expressions) existence
- (in "få till stånd") to (manage to) bring about
- få till stånd en förändring
- manage to bring about a change
- (in "komma till stånd") to happen (of something planned)
- Båtturen kom äntligen till stånd
- The boat trip finally happened
- (in "få till stånd") to (manage to) bring about
- (in "i/ur stånd") state, condition
- Han är i stånd att göra vad som helst för makt
- He is capable of doing anything for power
- Han är inte i stånd / är ur stånd att ta hand om sig själv
- He is unable to take care of himself
- (in "hålla stånd") to successfully defend oneself, to hold one's ground
- hålla stånd mot fienden
- hold the ground against the enemy
- Polisen höll stånd mot demonstranterna
- The police held off the demonstrators
- (usually in compounds) erection (being upright)
- (informal) penile erection
- (chiefly in compounds) height, level (of a natural phenomenon, usually a body of water, or of an instrument that measures a natural phenomenon)
- högt vattenstånd i älven
- high water level in the river
- barometerstånd
- barometric pressure
- solstånd
- solstice
- a booth, a stand, a stall (from which something is sold, for example at a market place)
- sälja korv i ett korvstånd
- sell hot dogs from a hot dog stand
- marital status
- Synonym: (more common) civilstånd
- (historical) an estate (especially an estate of the realm)
- Förr i tiden fanns fyra ständer: adel, präster, borgare och bönder.
- In the past there were four estates: noblemen, priests, bourgeoisie and peasants.
Usage notes edit
Neutral enough in (sense 5) to appear in newspaper articles (that aren't going for effect), which is not the case for synonyms (besides erektion).
Declension edit
| Declension of stånd | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | stånd | ståndet | stånd | stånden |
| Genitive | stånds | ståndets | stånds | ståndens |