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ständig

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German

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Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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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

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ständig

  1. permanently
  2. incessantly

Further reading

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Swedish

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Etymology

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stånd +‎ -ig, similar to German ständig. 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

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Adjective

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ständig (not comparable)

  1. permanent
  2. incessant

Declension

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Inflection of ständig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular ständig
neuter singular ständigt
plural ständiga
masculine plural2 ständige
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 ständige
all ständiga

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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