staan

Dutch (Brabantic)

/staːn/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to stand, to be upright
  • (intransitive) to be, to be placed or located
  • (auxiliary)
  • (intransitive) to say, to be written, to be said to be indicated in written form
  • (intransitive) to suit, fit, befit (of clothing)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch stâen inherited from Old Dutch stān inherited from Proto-Germanic *stāną (stand) root from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (stand, stay, place, put, be standing, set, stand up).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*steh₂-

Gloss

stand, stay, place, put, be standing, set, stand up

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Kanji

立

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