unterstehen

Meaning

  1. [with dative] to be subordinate to
  2. to dare, to have the audacity

Concepts

be subordinate to

be subject to

be under

Synonyms

untergeben sein

erkühnen

angewiesen sein

die Stirn haben

untertan sein

erfrechen

Nerven haben

die Chuzpe haben

die Frechheit haben

die Unverfrorenheit haben

die Chuzpe besitzen

Frequency

22k
Hyphenated as
un‧ter‧ste‧hen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʊntɐˈʃteːən/
Etymology

From Middle High German understān, understēn. Compare Low German onderstaan, English understand. By surface analysis, unter- + stehen.

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