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Unterstand.

help, subsidy, prop, support

10 characters3 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʊntɐˌʃtant/
  1. help, subsidy, prop, support

    masculine · obsolete · strong
  2. shelter, bunker, any place in or under which one is protected from adversities from above

    masculine · strong
  3. subject, as the particularly philosophical antipode of “object”

    masculine · strong · uncommon
  4. low-growing types of woods

    archaic · masculine · possibly · strong
  5. subservience, low social standing and the like

    masculine · obsolete · strong · uncommon
  6. sub-class of a society

    masculine · rare · strong
  7. attempt of resistance, or any emprise

    masculine · obsolete · rare · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German unterstant, from understēn, and new formations from descendant unterstehen in both stress patterns; in the sense of a subject calque of Latin subiectum; in the sense of a sub-class in society unter- + Stand.

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