ständig
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃtɛndɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃtɛndɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: stän‧dig
Adjective
ständig (strong nominative masculine singular ständiger, not comparable)
- permanent, constant
- Er ist ein ständiger Gast im Hotel.
- He's a permanent guest at the hotel.
- persistent, incessant, constant
- Ich bin fertig mit deinem ständigen Jammern.
- I've had enough of your constant whining.
Declension
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Related terms
Further reading
- “ständig” in Duden online
- “ständig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “ständig”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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
audio (file)
Declension
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Related terms
Further reading
- ständig in Svensk ordbok.