anstehen
German
Pronunciation
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Verb
anstehen (irregular strong, third-person singular present steht an, past tense stand an, past participle angestanden, past subjunctive stände an or stünde an, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (intransitive) to stand in a queue
- Entschuldigung. Stehen Sie an?
- Sorry, are you in the queue?
- to be pending, to be upcoming
- zum Verkauf anstehen ― to be up for sale
- to befit
- Es steht dem Kanzler der Bundesrepublik Deutschland nicht gut an, sich auf ein Stühlchen zu setzen und zu warten, bis ihm das Wort erteilt wird.
- It is not befitting for the chancellor of Germany to be sat on a small chair, waiting for permission to speak.
- (mining, geology) to protrude
- (Austria) to be dependent on something or someone [auxiliary sein]
- (Austria) to be too much for (someone) (e.g. of food) [auxiliary sein]
Usage notes
Only the auxiliary haben is used in northern and central Germany. In southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, sein is common in the vernacular and also, alternatively, in standard usage.
Conjugation
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Derived terms
- Anstehen
- Ansteherei
- Ansteher
- anstehend
- angestanden
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