See also: stand, stånd, and štand

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German stant, from Old High German *stant (attested in Old High German firstant, urstant), from Proto-West Germanic *stand, a deverbal from *standan (to stand). Cognate with English stand.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃtant/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ant

Noun

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Stand m (strong, genitive Standes or Stands, plural Stände, diminutive Ständchen n)

  1. standing, state, status, position, situation
    Im Stande sein zu…to be able to…
    jemandem in den Stand setzento enable someone to
    Geld setzt einen in den Stand, alles zu kaufenMoney enables you to buy anything.
  2. (sociology) class, stratum (group of people with a certain social status)
    Adelsstandnobility
  3. estate
  4. booth, stand
  5. (Switzerland) canton (state of Switzerland)
    Synonym: Kanton

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Danish: stand (semantic loan)
  • Hungarian: stand
  • Macedonian: штанд (štand)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stand
  • Serbo-Croatian: шта̏нд / štȁnd

Further reading

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  • Stand” in Duden online
  • Stand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Old High German stand.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Stand m (plural Stänn)

  1. stand, stall
  2. level, position (e.g. in a hierarchy)
  3. stage, phase (e.g. of a project)
  4. score (in a game)