dabeistehen
German, verb/daˈbaɪ̯ˌʃteːən/
dabeistehen is spelled D-A-B-E-I-S-T-E-H-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written German, the 339,062nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dabeistehen is a German verb meaning “to stand by” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(relativ inaktiv, nur als Zuschauer/Zuhörer) in der Nähe eines Geschehens, bei anderen Personen stehen”.
What does dabeistehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stand by
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (relativ inaktiv, nur als Zuschauer/Zuhörer) in der Nähe eines Geschehens, bei anderen Personen stehen 2. explizit in einem Text schriftlich festgehalten sein, dazugeschrieben sein
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 dabeistehen
- steht dabei present singular third-person
- stand dabei past
- dabeigestanden participle past
- stände dabei past subjunctive
- stünde dabei past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- dabeistehend participle present
- dabeizustehen infinitive infinitive-zu
- stehe dabei first-person indicative present
- stehen dabei first-person indicative plural
- stehst dabei indicative present second-person
- stehest dabei second-person singular subjunctive
- stehet dabei plural second-person subjunctive
- standen dabei first-person indicative plural
- ständen dabei first-person plural subjunctive
- stünden dabei first-person plural subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dabeistehen?
- /daˈbaɪ̯ˌʃteːən/
- [daˈbaɪ̯ˌʃteːən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dabeistehen in German?
dabeistehen appears about once in every 33 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).