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ständig

ständig

German

Adjective

ständig (not comparable)

  1. permanent, incessant
  2. persistent

Declension

Adverb

ständig

  1. permanently
  2. incessantly

Swedish

Etymology

stånd + -ig, similar to German ständig. The Swedish/German verb stå/stehen (to stand) is the basis for the noun stånd/Stand (standing), which can mean both upright standing (without support) and still standing (without movement or change). The still-standing meaning with umlaut and the -ig ending forms the adjective ständig. However, in some compounds (e.g. självständig/selbständig), the same transformation is based on the upright-standing meaning.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ständig (not comparable)

  1. permanent
  2. incessant

Declension

Inflection of ständig
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular ständig
Neuter singular ständigt
Plural ständiga
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 ständige
All ständiga
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

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