stånd

See also: stand, staand, Stand, and štand

Swedish

Etymology

Formed from the verb stå (“to stand, be upright”), likely with influence from Middle Low German stān, from Old Saxon stān. Cognate with English stand, Danish stand, Norwegian Bokmål stand, Norwegian Nynorsk stand.

Noun

stånd n

  1. (in some expressions) existence
    1. (in "få till stånd") to (manage to) bring about
      få till stånd en förändring
      manage to bring about a change
    2. (in "komma till stånd") to happen (of something planned)
      Båtturen kom äntligen till stånd
      The boat trip finally happened
  2. (in "i/ur stånd") state, condition
    Han är i stånd att göra vad som helst för makt
    He is capable of doing anything for power
    Han är inte i stånd / är ur stånd att ta hand om sig själv
    He is unable to take care of himself
  3. (in "hålla stånd") to successfully defend oneself, to hold one's ground
    hålla stånd mot fienden
    hold the ground against the enemy
    Polisen höll stånd mot demonstranterna
    The police held off the demonstrators
  4. (usually in compounds) erection (being upright)
  5. (informal) penile erection
    Han fick stånd
    He got an erection
    Han har stånd
    He has an erection
    ett stenhårt stånd
    a rock-hard erection
    Synonyms: erektion, (colloquial) ståfräs, (colloquial) stake, (colloquial) fjong, (colloquial) bånge
  6. (chiefly in compounds) height, level (of a natural phenomenon, usually a body of water, or of an instrument that measures a natural phenomenon)
    högt vattenstånd i älven
    high water level in the river
    barometerstånd
    barometric pressure
    solstånd
    solstice
  7. a booth, a stand, a stall (from which something is sold, for example at a market place)
    sälja korv i ett korvstånd
    sell hot dogs from a hot dog stand
  8. marital status
    Synonym: (more common) civilstånd
  9. (historical) an estate (especially an estate of the realm)
    Förr i tiden fanns fyra ständer: adel, präster, borgare och bönder.
    In the past there were four estates: noblemen, priests, bourgeoisie and peasants.

Usage notes

Neutral enough in (sense 5) to appear in newspaper articles (that aren't going for effect), which is not the case for synonyms (besides erektion).

Declension
Declension of stånd 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stånd ståndet stånd stånden
Genitive stånds ståndets stånds ståndens

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References
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