Stand

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.

• IPA^(key): /ʃtant/

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• Rhymes: -ant

Stand m (strong, genitive Standes or Stands, plural Stände, diminutive Ständchen n)

1. standing, state, status, position, situation

   Im Stande sein zu… ― to be able to…

   jemandem in den Stand setzen ― to enable someone to

   Geld setzt einen in den Stand, alles zu kaufen ― Money enables you to buy anything.

2. (sociology) class, stratum (group of people with a certain social status)

   Adelsstand ― nobility

   • 1942, Stefan Zweig, Die Welt von Gestern […] [The World of Yesterday]‎^[1]:

     Dieser Fanatismus für die Kunst und insbesondere für die theatralische Kunst ging in Wien durch alle Stände.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. estate
4. booth, stand
5. (Switzerland) canton (state of Switzerland)

   Synonym: Kanton

• ständig
• Stand der Technik

• Abstand, Adelsstand, Anstand, Aufstand, Ausstand, Beobachtungsstand, Familienstand, Ritterstand, Rückstand, Ruhestand, Stillstand, Widerstand
• Standbein, Standbild, standhaft, Standort, Standpunkt, Standing

• → Bulgarian: щанд (štand)
• → Dutch: stand (semantic loan)
• → Danish: stand (semantic loan)
• → Hungarian: stand
• → Macedonian: штанд (štand)
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: stand
• → Serbo-Croatian: шта̏нд / štȁnd

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From Old High German stand.

• IPA^(key): /ʃtɑnt/

  Rhymes: -ɑnt

Stand m (plural Stänn)

1. stand, stall
2. level, position (e.g. in a hierarchy)
3. stage, phase (e.g. of a project)
4. score (in a game)