stan

See also: Stan, stań, śtan, stán, ştan, -stan, stan', and -стан

English

Etymology 1

From Stan (“Stanley”), after the song Stan by Eminem (2000), a fictitious account of the rapper's encounter with an overly obsessive fan named Stan. Sometimes assumed to be a blend of stalker +‎ fan, but perhaps simply chosen for the rhyme.

Pronunciation

• (UK, North America) IPA^(key): /stæn/
• enPR: stăn
• Rhymes: -æn

• Audio (AU)

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• Audio (UK)

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Noun

stan (plural stans)

1. (slang, sometimes derogatory) An extremely obsessive fan of a person, group, character, or creative work, particularly one whose fixation is unhealthy or intrusive.

   IU stan; K-pop stan

   • 2011, Vanessa Spates, "Whether in Britney's Army or Rihanna's Navy, stans need to surrender to sanity", The Lantern (Ohio State University), Volume 132, Number 16, 11 October 2011, page 9A:

     I know the in-depth detailed life of a stan because I am one. I'm one of those Lady Gaga fans, […]

   • 2013, "Selena Gomez: She Is My Queen", Sunday Tribune (South Africa), 17 March 2013:

     I am the biggest stan for Selena because she is my queen. She made Disney interesting and I have always watched her.

   • 2013, Jake Folsom, "Stans take dedication to extreme heights online, in real life", Washington Square News, Volume 41, Number 104, 5 December 2013, page 11:

     Incidents have occurred with stans showing up to pop stars' residences, as has happened with Madonna, Taylor Swift and others.

   • 2020 June 21, “TikTok Teens and K-Pop Stans Say They Sank Trump Rally”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     K-pop stans have been getting increasingly involved in American politics in recent months. After the Trump campaign solicited messages for the president’s birthday on June 8, K-pop stans submitted a stream of prank messages.

Hypernyms

• megafan, superfan, trufan, uberfan

Hyponyms

• sasaeng (K-pop fandom)

Verb

stan (third-person singular simple present stans, present participle stanning, simple past and past participle stanned)

1. (slang, transitive, intransitive) To act as a stan (for); to be an obsessive fan (of).

   We stan a queen.

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:stan.

Translations

to be an obsessive fan (of)

• Spanish: estanear

Etymology 2

Back-formation from -stan

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /stɑːn/

  • Audio (UK)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /stæn/
• enPR: stän

Noun

stan (plural stans)

1. One of the stans; any of the ex-Soviet countries and their neighbours whose name ends with "-stan" such as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan.
   • 2015 July 30, Jules Boykoff, “Beijing and Almaty contest Winter Olympics in human rights nightmare”, in The Guardian‎^[3]:

     This is a stan with a plan. Unlike Uzbekistan […] .

Further reading

• "Stan" fans on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Stan Twitter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ASNT, NTAs, Nast, Nats, Sant, Tans, Tsan, ants, nats, tans

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Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *stanъ (“lodging”). Compare Bulgarian стан (stan, “camp”), Serbo-Croatian stȃn (“apartment”); non-Slavic cognates include Romanian stână and Greek στάνη (stáni).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stan/

Noun

stan m (indefinite plural stane, definite singular stani, definite plural stanet)

1. shepherd's hut
2. herd of sheep or other livestock

Declension

declension of stan

	indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara)			definite forms (trajta të shquara)
	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)		singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)
nominative (emërore)	stan	stane		stani	stanet
accusative (kallëzore)	stan	stane		stanin	stanet
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së)	stani	staneve		stanit	stanevet
dative (dhanore)	stani	staneve		stanit	stanevet
ablative (rrjedhore)	stani	stanesh		stanit	stanevet

Related terms

• tëbanë, bun

Derived terms

• stanar, stanore

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stanъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstan]
• Rhymes: -an

Noun

stan m

1. tent

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	stan	stany
genitive	stanu	stanů
dative	stanu	stanům
accusative	stan	stany
vocative	stane	stany
locative	stanu	stanech
instrumental	stanem	stany

Further reading

• stan in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• stan in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Middle English

Noun

stan (plural stanes or stan)

1. Alternative form of stone

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stāną.

Verb

stān

1. to stand

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• antstān
• bistān
• farstān

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: stâen
  • Dutch: staan
    • Afrikaans: staan
  • Limburgish: staon

Further reading

• “stān”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek‎^[4], 2012

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂no-, *stih₂-no- (a suffixed form of *steyh₂- (“to be solid, to crowd together”)); cognate with Old Frisian stēn, Old Frisian stēn, Old Dutch stein (Dutch steen), Old High German stein (German Stein), Old Norse steinn (Danish sten, Swedish sten), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (stains). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek στῖον (stîon, “pebble”), Proto-Slavic *stēnā- (Bulgarian стена (stena), Russian стена́ (stená), Czech stěna (“wall”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɑːn/

Noun

stān m

1. stone

Declension

Declension of stan (strong a-stem)

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

Derived terms

• byrþenstān (“mill-stone”)
• cealcstān (“chalk-stone”)
• ceoselstān (“sandstone, gravel”)
• cweornstān (“quernstone”)
• cynningstān (“trying-stone, die”)
• eorcnanstān (“precious-stone”)
• flōrstān (“floor-stone, pavement”)
• fōtstān (“foot-stone, pedastal”)
• fȳrstān (“firestone, flint”)
• grundstān (“groundstone, cornerstone, foundation”)
• hrōfstān (“roof-stone”)
• hwamstān (“cornerstone, foundation”)
• mǣrstān (“mere-stone, boundary-mark”)
• marmstān (“marble”)
• stānbeorg (“stone-hill”)
• stānbill (“stoneworking tool”)
• stānclif (“cliff, rock”)
• stānclūd (“rock”)
• stāncnoll (“rock summit, peak”)
• stāncynn (“a kind of stone”)
• stānfæt (“stone vessel”)
• stānfāh (“decorated with stones”)
• stānġiella (“stone-yeller, pelican”)
• stānhīewet (“stone quarry”)
• stānhliþ (“rocky slope”)
• stāniġ (“stony, rocky”)
• stānlīm (“cement, mortar”)
• stānweall (“stonewall”)
• stānweg (“stoneway, stone path, pavement”)
• stānweorc (“stonework”)
• stānwyrhta (“stone-wright”)
• tæflstān (“die, game pawn”)
• tigelstān (“tilestone”)
• Wulfstān

 

Descendants

• Middle English: stan, stane, stayn, ston, stoan, stoon, stone
  • English: stone, styen (Northumbrian)
  • Scots: stane
  • Yola: sthoan

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Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• standan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stāną.

Verb

stān

1. to stand

Conjugation

Conjugation of stān (irregular)

infinitive	stān
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	*stā	stōd
2nd person singular	stēs	stōdi
3rd person singular	stēd	stōd
plural	stād	stōdun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	*stāe	stōdi
2nd person singular	*stāes	stōdis
3rd person singular	*stāe	stōdi
plural	*stāen	stōdin
imperative	present
singular	stā
plural	stād
participle	present	past
	stāndi	gistandan, standan

Descendants

• Middle Low German: stān
  • German Low German: stahn

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stanъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stan/

• audio

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Noun

stan m inan

1. state (of affairs), condition
2. state (political division of the United States)
3. (rare) state (sovereign polity)

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

Further reading

• stan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• stan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stâːn/
• Rhymes: -âːn

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

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:stan.

Derived terms

• stàmbenī
• stànār
  • sȕstanār
    • sȕstanārka

References

• “stan” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stanъ, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand, stay”), whence also stáť (“to stand”), staviť (“to set, place”), stádo (“herd”) and stôl (“table”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstan/
• Rhymes: -an

Noun

stan m (genitive singular stanu, nominative plural stany, genitive plural stanov, declension pattern of dub)

1. tent
2. (slang) erection, hard-on

Declension

Declension of stan

	singular	plural
nominative	stan	stany
genitive	stanu	stanov
dative	stanu	stanom
accusative	stan	stany
locative	stane	stanoch
instrumental	stanom	stanmi

Further reading

• stan in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• sta'n

Etymology

Contraction of staden, definite singular of stad.

Noun

stan

1. (colloquial) the town, the city

   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.

Anagrams

• sant