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stå

Pronunciation: /stoː/

“stå” is a Norwegian Nynorsk word. Its 10 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to stand
  2. to be, be located
  3. to stand still, be stopped
  4. to take place, happen
  5. to reach, be at
  6. to be written, to say
  7. to pass (tests, exams, classes)

noun

  1. stop up, stop short, break down
  2. erection, hard-on
  3. a stand

Etymology

From Old Norse standa, from Proto-Germanic *standaną. The infinitive stå and present tense står, could be derived irregularly from standa, but are likely derived from an Eastern Scandinavian variant. This could have come from an unattested (Eastern) Old Norse form *stá, or from the Middle Low German form stān. Both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stāną, which like *standaną, ultimately derives…

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