German edit

Etymology edit

stramm +‎ stehen

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

strammstehen (irregular strong, third-person singular present steht stramm, past tense stand stramm, past participle strammgestanden, past subjunctive stände stramm or stünde stramm, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. to stand at attention

Usage notes edit

Only the auxiliary haben is used in northern and central Germany. In southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, sein is common in the vernacular and also, alternatively, in standard usage.

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