Stand

See also: stand, stånd, and štand

German

Etymology

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

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

Noun

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

  1. standing, state, status, position, situation
    Im Stande sein...zuto be able to.
    jemandem in den Stand setzen,...zuto enable someone to.
    Geld setzt einen in den Stand, alles zu kaufenMoney enables you to buy anything.
  2. estate
  3. booth, stand
  4. (Switzerland) canton (state of Switzerland)
    Synonym: Kanton

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German stand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtɑnt/
    Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

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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