German

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Verb

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beystehen (irregular strong, third-person singular present steht bey, past tense stand bey, past participle beygestanden, past subjunctive stände bey or stünde bey, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. Obsolete spelling of beistehen.

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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