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stånd

“stånd” is a Swedish word. Its 10 meanings in English:

noun

  1. to (manage to) bring about
  2. to happen (of something planned)
  3. state, condition
  4. to successfully defend oneself, to hold one's ground
  5. erection (being upright)
  6. penile erection
  7. height, level (of a natural phenomenon, usually a body of water, or of an instrument that measures a natural phenomenon)
  8. a booth, a stand, a stall (from which something is sold, for example at a market place)
  9. marital status
  10. an estate (especially an estate of the realm)

Etymology

Formed from the verb stå (“to stand, be upright”), likely with influence from Middle Low German stān, from Old Saxon stān. Cognate with English stand, Danish stand, Norwegian Bokmål stand, Norwegian Nynorsk stand.

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