Anstand
German, noun/ˈan.ʃtant/
Anstand is spelled A-N-S-T-A-N-D (7 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written German, the 10,247th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anstand is a German masculine noun meaning “decency, manners” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gute Umgangsform; gutes, höfliches Benehmen”.
What does Anstand mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedecency, manners
- 2
datedmasculineoffense, objection
Anstand an einer Sache nehmen
- 3
masculinethe lurk of a hunter
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gute Umgangsform; gutes, höfliches Benehmen 2. Unterbrechung des Pirschganges 3. Einwand, Beanstandung
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 Anstand
- Anstandes genitive
- Anstands genitive
- Anstände plural
- Anstande dative singular
- Anständen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Anstand?
- /ˈan.ʃtant/
- [ˈanˌʃtant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Anstand
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Anstand in German?
Anstand appears 6.3 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).