Masculine

Stand

Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) standing, state, status, position, situation
  2. (masculine, strong) class, stratum (group of people with a certain social status)
  3. (masculine, strong) estate
  4. (masculine, strong) booth, stand
  5. (Switzerland, masculine, strong) canton (state of Switzerland)

Frequency

A2
Dialects

Fribourg

Fribourg

stand

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃtant/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German stant, from Old High German *stant (attested in Old High German firstant, urstant), from Proto-West Germanic *stand, a deverbal from *standan (“to stand”). Cognate with English stand.

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