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Stand

See also: stand, stånd, and štand

German edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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 setzen ― to enable someone to
    Geld setzt einen in den Stand, alles zu kaufen ― Money enables you to buy anything.
  2. (sociology) class, stratum (group of people with a certain social status)
    Adelsstand ― nobility
  3. estate
  4. booth, stand
  5. (Switzerland) canton (state of Switzerland)
    Synonym: Kanton

Declension edit

Declension of Stand [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Stand die Stände
genitive eines des Standes, Stands der Stände
dative einem dem Stand, Stande1 den Ständen
accusative einen den Stand die Stände

1Now rare, see notes.

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Descendants edit

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

Further reading edit

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

Luxembourgish edit

Etymology edit

From Old High German stand.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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)
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