stan

See also Stan, -stan, and śtan

Albanian

Etymology

Substratum word, akin to Romanian stână

Noun

stan m.

1. shepherd's hut
2. pen (for sheep)

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Czech

Noun

stan m.

1. tent

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stānan.

Verb

stān

1. to stand

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: staen
  • Dutch: staan

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stāino-, *stī-no- (a suffixed form of *stāi- (“to be solid, to crowd together”)); cognate with Old Frisian stēn, Old Saxon stēn (Dutch steen), Old High German stein (German Stein), Old Norse steinn (Danish and Swedish sten), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃. The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek στῖον ‘pebble’, Slavic *stēnā- (Bulgarian and Russian стена, Czech stěna ‘wall’).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /stɑːn/

Noun

stān m.

1. stone

Declension

    Declension of stan (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	stān	stānas
accusative	stān	stānas
genitive	stānes	stāna
dative	stāne	stānum

Derived terms

• stānfāh

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Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• standan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stānan.

Verb

stān

1. to stand

Conjugation

Conjugation of stān

indicative	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	*stā	stōd
2nd person singular	stēs	stōdi
3rd person singular	stēd	stōd
plural	stād	stōdun
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	*stāe	stōdi
2nd person singular	*stāes	stōdis
3rd person singular	*stāe	stōdi
plural	*stāen	stōdin
imperative
singular	stā
plural	stād
participle	present tense	past tense
	stāndi	(gi)standan

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Polish

Pronunciation

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Noun

stan m.

1. state (of affairs)
2. condition

Declension

    declension of stan

	singular	plural
nominative	stan	stany
genitive	stanu	stanów
dative	stanowi	stanom
accusative	stan	stany
instrumental	stanem	stanami
locative	stanie	stanach
vocative	stanie	stany

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stanъ, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand, stay”), whence also stȁti (“to stand”), stȁviti (“to set, place”), stȁdo (“herd”) and stȏl (“table”).

Noun

stȃn m. (Cyrillic spelling ста̑н)

1. flat, apartment
2. loom (tkàlačkī stȃn)

Declension

    declension of stan

	singular	plural
nominative	stȃn	stȁnovi
genitive	stana	stanova
dative	stanu	stanovima
accusative	stan	stanove
vocative	stane	stanovi
locative	stanu	stanovima
instrumental	stanom	stanovima

Derived terms

• stàmbenī
• stànār

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

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Swedish

Noun

stan or sta'n

1. (colloquial) the town, the city; Contraction of staden., definite singular of stad

   på stan

   downtown

Usage notes

• Stockholmers insist that stan always refers to Stockholm and no other cities. The phrase inte i stan (“not in the town”) to them means outside of Stockholm, but to other Swedes it means outside of any town, i.e. in the countryside.