ständig

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtɛndɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtɛndɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: stän‧dig

Adjective

ständig (strong nominative masculine singular ständiger, not comparable)

  1. permanent, constant
    Er ist ein ständiger Gast im Hotel.
    He's a permanent guest at the hotel.
  2. persistent, incessant, constant
    Ich bin fertig mit deinem ständigen Jammern.
    I've had enough of your constant whining.

Declension

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Adverb

ständig

  1. permanently
  2. incessantly

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

stånd + -ig, similar to German Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). The Swedish/German verb stå/stehen (to stand) is the basis for the noun stånd/Stand (standing), which can mean both upright standing (without support) and still standing (without movement or change). The still-standing meaning with umlaut and the -ig ending forms the adjective ständig. However, in some compounds (e.g. självständig/selbständig), the same transformation is based on the upright-standing meaning.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

ständig (not comparable)

  1. permanent
  2. incessant

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

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