stånd

See also: stand, staand, Stand, and štand

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stånd

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.

Noun

stånd n

(in some expressions) existence
1. (in "få till stånd") to (manage to) bring about
  få till stånd en förändring
  manage to bring about a change
2. (in "komma till stånd") to happen (of something planned)
  Båtturen kom äntligen till stånd
  The boat trip finally happened
(in "i/ur stånd") state, condition
Han är i stånd att göra vad som helst för makt
He is capable of doing anything for power

Han är inte i stånd / är ur stånd att ta hand om sig själv
He is unable to take care of himself
(in "hålla stånd") to successfully defend oneself, to hold one's ground
hålla stånd mot fienden
hold the ground against the enemy

Polisen höll stånd mot demonstranterna
The police held off the demonstrators
(usually in compounds) erection (being upright)
(informal) penile erection
Han fick stånd
He got an erection

Han har stånd
He has an erection

ett stenhårt stånd
a rock-hard erection

Synonyms: erektion, (colloquial) ståfräs, (colloquial) stake, (colloquial) fjong, (colloquial) bånge
(chiefly in compounds) height, level (of a natural phenomenon, usually a body of water, or of an instrument that measures a natural phenomenon)
högt vattenstånd i älven
high water level in the river

barometerstånd
barometric pressure

solstånd
solstice
a booth, a stand, a stall (from which something is sold, for example at a market place)
sälja korv i ett korvstånd
sell hot dogs from a hot dog stand
marital status
Synonym: (more common) civilstånd
(historical) an estate (especially an estate of the realm)
Förr i tiden fanns fyra ständer: adel, präster, borgare och bönder.
In the past there were four estates: noblemen, priests, bourgeoisie and peasants.

Usage notes

Neutral enough in (sense 5) to appear in newspaper articles (that aren't going for effect), which is not the case for synonyms (besides erektion).

Declension

Declension of stånd

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	stånd	stånds
singular	definite	ståndet	ståndets
plural	indefinite	stånd	stånds
plural	definite	stånden	ståndens

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