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/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

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,...zu ― to enable someone to.

   Geld setzt einen in den Stand, alles zu kaufen ― Money enables you to buy anything.

2. estate
3. booth, stand
4. (Switzerland) canton (state of Switzerland)

   Synonym: Kanton

Declension

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.

Derived terms

• ständig
• Stand der Technik

Related terms

• Abstand, Adelsstand, Anstand, Aufstand, Ausstand, Beobachtungsstand, Familienstand, Ritterstand, Rückstand, Ruhestand, Stillstand, Widerstand
• Standbein, Standbild, standhaft, Standort, Standpunkt, Standing

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)