Einstand

Meaning

1. (masculine, strong) first day, start at a new job or position, debut
2. (masculine, strong) a small party with food and drink traditionally organized by an employee during their first days at work
3. (masculine, strong) deuce
4. (masculine, obsolete, strong) synonym of Vorkauf, Vorkaufsrecht (“preemption, right of preemption”)

Concepts

debut

deuce

dead heat

equality of votes

inauguration

standoff

assumption of office

wheelbase

celebrate

Synonyms

Amtsantritt

Stimmengleichheit

Unentschieden

Gleichstand

Amtübernahme

Remi

Translations

beraberlik

empat

iguals

ισοπαλία

ballottage

égalité

entrée en fonction

prise de poste

pareggio

parità

gelijk spel

puntendeling

draw

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

yystand

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaɪ̯nˌʃtant/

Etymology

From ein- (“in”) + Stand (“standing, stance”), deverbal from einstehen.
The tennis use derives from the idea of “equilibrium”, from the obsolete phrase die Waage steht ein (“the scales are in balance”, literally “the scales stand in”). Contemporary speakers may in this context reinterpret ein as the unrelated numeral for “one”, by analogy with Gleichstand (“tie”, literally “same-stand”).