stå på

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

stå på (present tense står på, past tense stod på or sto på, past participle stått på)

1. to

   stå på dagsordenen ― to be on the agenda

2. to take place (over the course of), last (an amount of time)

   Synonyms: gå for seg, foregå, vare

3. (of an unpleasant situation) to be going on

   Hva stod der på? ― What was going on there?

4. to depend on

   Synonyms: komme an på, avhenge av

   Det står på ham. ― It's up to him.

5. (of an opinion) to stand fast (to an opinion)

   stå på sin rett ― to stand ones ground

6. (figuratively) to work hard

   Man må stå på. ― One has to work hard.

7. (figuratively) to endure, hold out, not give up

   Stå på! ― Don't give up!

Swedish

Etymology

(work hard): Compare Norwegian Nynorsk stå på (“work hard”)

Verb

stå på (present står på, preterite stod på, supine stått på, imperative stå på)

1. to be going on (often of something out of the ordinary)

   Vad står på här?

   What's going on here?

   De undrade vad som stod på

   They wondered what was going on

2. (in some expressions) to not happen immediately, to take time

   Det stod inte länge på innan han åter var i finkan

   It didn't take long before he was in prison again

3. to drive fast (perhaps short for "stå på gasen" (stand on the gas))

   Föraren stod på genom kurvan

   The driver stood on the gas throughout the curve

4. (figuratively) to work hard

See also

• stå på sig

References

• stå på in Svensk ordbok (SO)