German

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Etymology

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ab- +‎ stehen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈapˌʃteːən/
  • Hyphenation: ab‧ste‧hen
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Verb

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abstehen (irregular strong, third-person singular present steht ab, past tense stand ab, past participle abgestanden, past subjunctive stände ab or stünde ab, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. to stick out
  2. to be (some distance) apart [+ von (object) = from]
  3. to desist

Usage notes

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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.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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