beständig
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /bəˈʃtɛndɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /bəˈʃtɛndɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: be‧stän‧dig
Adjective
[edit]beständig (strong nominative masculine singular beständiger, comparative beständiger, superlative am beständigsten)
- constant, stable, steady, abiding, enduring
- Nichts ist so beständig wie der Wandel. (proverb) ― Nothing is so constant as change.
- resistant [with gegen (+ accusative) ‘to omething’]
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of beständig
Comparative forms of beständig
Superlative forms of beständig
Antonyms
[edit]- beständig
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “beständig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “beständig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “beständig” in Duden online
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Low German bestendich. Attested since 1645.
Adjective
[edit]beständig (comparative beständigare, superlative beständigast)
- constant, enduring (persisting through time)
- Inget är beständigt
- Nothing is permanent
- resistant (of a material or the like)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of beständig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | beständig | — | — |
Neuter singular | beständigt | — | — |
Plural | beständiga | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | beständige | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | beständige | — | — |
All | beständiga | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
References
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