stans

See also: Stans

English

Noun

stans

1. plural of stan

Verb

stans

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stan

Anagrams

• Nasts, Sants, Tsans, snast

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of stō (“stand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /stans/, [s̠t̪ä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /stans/, [st̪äns]
• Rhymes: -aːs

Participle

stāns (genitive stantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. standing
2. staying, remaining

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	stāns			stantēs	stantia
Genitive	stantis			stantium
Dative	stantī			stantibus
Accusative	stantem	stāns		stantēs stantīs	stantia
Ablative	stante stantī1			stantibus
Vocative	stāns			stantēs	stantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• stantia

Descendants

• Portuguese: estante
• Spanish: estante
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *stantia
  • Catalan: estància
  • Italian: stanza
    • → Old French: estance
      • → Middle English: staunce
        • English: stance
    • → English: stanza
  • Romansch: stànza, staunza

References

• stans in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

stans

1. imperative of stanse

Swedish

Etymology 1

From stad (“place”).

Noun

stans

1. (usually in compounds) where, place (specifying a (possible) location)

   någonstans

   somewhere

   ingenstans

   nowhere

   annanstans

   elsewhere

   varstans

   here and there

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Stanze.

Noun

stans c

1. a punch (tool for punching or cutting holes in sheet metal, cardboard, or the like)
   1. a punching machine

      Synonym: stansmaskin

Declension

Declension of stans

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	stans	stans
	definite	stansen	stansens
plural	indefinite	stansar	stansars
	definite	stansarna	stansarnas

Related terms

• stansa
• stansning

See also

• hålslag (“hole punch”)
• stamp

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian stanza.

Noun

stans c

1. (poetry) ottava rima
2. a stanza of ottava rima

Declension

Declension of stans

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	stans	stans
	definite	stansen	stansens
plural	indefinite	stanser	stansers
	definite	stanserna	stansernas

References

• stans in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• stans in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• stans in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)