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beistehen

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German

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Etymology

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    bei- +‎ stehen

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈbaɪ̯ʃteːən/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Hyphenation: bei‧ste‧hen

    Verb

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    beistehen (irregular strong, third-person singular present steht bei, past tense stand bei, past participle beigestanden, past subjunctive stände bei or stünde bei, auxiliary haben or sein)

    1. to assist [with dative]

    Usage notes

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    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.

    Conjugation

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    Derived terms

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    Further reading

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    • beistehen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
    • beistehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • beistehen” in Duden online
    • beistehen” in OpenThesaurus.de