stånd

See also: stand, staand, Stand, and štand

Swedish

Etymology

Similar to Danish tilstå (“to confess, admit”), 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.

Noun

stånd n

  1. estate, social standing, social class
    Förr i tiden fanns fyra stånd: adel, präster, borgare och bönder.
    In olden times there were four estates: noblemen, priests, bourgeoisie and peasants.
  2. state, condition
    Han är inte i stånd att slåss.
    He is in no condition to fight.
  3. marital status (often civilstånd)
  4. erection
    få stånd ― get an erection
    ha stånd ― have an erection
    ett stånd ― an erection
    Synonyms: erektion, (colloquial) ståfräs, (colloquial) stake, (colloquial) fjong, (colloquial) bånge
  5. height, level, position, ground
    hålla stånd mot fienden ― hold the ground against the enemy
    solstånd ― solstice; height of the sun
  6. booth, stand, stall (for example at a market place)

Usage notes

Neutral enough in (sense 4) to appear in newspaper articles (that aren't going for effect), which is not the case for synonyms (besides erektion).

Declension
Declension of stånd 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stånd ståndet stånd stånden
Genitive stånds ståndets stånds ståndens

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