stehen meaning and definition in german

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Verb

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irregular, third-person singular simple present steht, past tense stand, past participle gestanden, past subjunctive stände or stünde, auxiliary haben or sein

The most frequent auxiliary with stehen is haben: Ich habe gestanden. In northern and central Germany, only this form is used. In southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, sein is common in the vernacular and also, alternatively, in standard usage: Ich bin gestanden.

to stand (to be upright, support oneself on the feet in an erect position)
to be, to appear, to stand (to be placed or located somewhere) Das steht nicht in dem Wörterbuch.‎
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to stay; to be still

stehen meaning and definition in german

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