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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

stå.

to stand

3 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈsd̥ɔˀ]

  1. to stand

  2. to be, appear (in a text), to say, to be written

Where this word comes from

From Old Danish staa, either from an unattested Eastern Old Norse *stá or borrowed from Middle Low German stān. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stāną. C.f. also stande. Cognate with German stehen, Dutch staan. Compare also Swedish stå, Norwegian Bokmål stå, English stand, Latin stāre, stō.

noun[ˈsd̥ɔˀ]

  1. standstill, halt, stall

    indeclinable
    Bilen gik i stå midt ude i ingenting
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish staa, either from an unattested Eastern Old Norse *stá or borrowed from Middle Low German stān. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stāną. C.f. also stande. Cognate with German stehen, Dutch staan. Compare also Swedish stå, Norwegian Bokmål stå, English stand, Latin stāre, stō.

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