Stand
German, noun
Stand is a German masculine noun meaning “standing, state, status, position, situation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, stand is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of stehen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das aufrechte Stehen”.
What does Stand mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestanding, state, status, position, situation
Im Stande sein zu…
- 2
masculineclass, stratum (group of people with a certain social status)
Adelsstand
- 3
masculineestate
- 4
masculinebooth, stand
- 5
Switzerlandmasculinecanton (state of Switzerland)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of stehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das aufrechte Stehen 2. das Stillstehen, die Bewegungslosigkeit 3. der Stehplatz 4. Schießstand
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Stand
- Standes genitive
- Stands genitive
- Stände plural
- Ständchen diminutive neuter
- Ständlein diminutive neuter
- Standl diminutive neuter
- Standerl diminutive neuter
- Stande dative singular
- Ständen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Stand
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Stand in German?
Stand appears 229 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).