stan

See also: Stan, -stan, and śtan

§English

§Etymology

Blend of stalker and fan. Influenced by the 2000 Eminem song "Stan," a fictional account of the rapper's encounter with an obsessive, mentally unstable fan.

§Noun

Wikipedia

stan (plural stans)

1. (slang, sometimes pejorative) An extremely loyal and obsessed fan, particularly one whose fixation with a celebrity is unhealthy or intrusive.
   • 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.

§Hypernyms

• megafan, superfan, trufan, uberfan

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§Albanian

§Etymology

Borrowed from South Proto-Slavic *stanъ (“lodging”) (compare Bulgarian стан (stan) ‘camp’, Serbo-Croatian ста̑н (stȃn) ‘appartment’); Romanian stână and Greek στάνη (stáni) also from Slavic.

§Noun

stan m

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

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§Czech

§Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stanъ.

§Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -an

§Noun

stan m

1. tent

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§Old Dutch

§Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stāną.

§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, Old Dutch stein (Dutch steen), Old High German stein (German Stein), Old Norse steinn (Danish and Swedish sten), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (stains). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek στῖον (stîon, “pebble”), Slavic *stēnā- (Bulgarian and Russian стена (stena), Czech stěna (“wall”)).

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

§Descendants

• Middle English: stan, ston
  • English: stone
• Scots: stan

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§Old Saxon

§Alternative forms

• standan

§Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stāną.

§Verb

stān

1. to stand

§Conjugation

Conjugation of stān (athematic verb)

indicative	present	preterite
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	(gi)standan

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§Polish

§Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stanъ.

§Pronunciation

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§Noun

stan m

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

§External links

• “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”).

§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
  • sȕstanār
    • sȕstanārka

§Quotations

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

§References

• “stan” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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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.