herumstehen

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Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

herumstehen (irregular strong, third-person singular present steht herum, past tense stand herum, past participle herumgestanden, past subjunctive stände herum or stünde herum, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. to stand around (something) [+ um (object)]
  2. to hang around, to loiter
  3. (colloquial) to be in the way

Usage notes[edit]

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.

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