feststehen

German

Etymology

fest + stehen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛstˌʃteːən]
  • Hyphenation: fest‧ste‧hen
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Verb

feststehen (irregular strong, third-person singular present steht fest, past tense stand fest, past participle festgestanden, past subjunctive stände fest or stünde fest, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. to stand firm

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.

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