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Einstand.

first day, start at a new job or position, debut

8 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈaɪ̯nˌʃtant/
  1. first day, start at a new job or position, debut

    masculine · strong
  2. a small party with food and drink traditionally organized by an employee during their first days at work

    masculine · strong
  3. deuce

    masculine · strong
  4. synonym of Vorkauf, Vorkaufsrecht (“preemption, right of preemption”)

    masculine · obsolete · strong
Where this word comes from

From ein- (“in”) + Stand (“standing, stance”), deverbal from einstehen. The tennis use derives from the idea of “equilibrium”, from the obsolete phrase die Waage steht ein (“the scales are in balance”, literally “the scales stand in”). Contemporary speakers may in this context reinterpret ein as the unrelated numeral for “one”, by analogy with Gleichstand (“tie”, literally “same-stand”).

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