German

Noun

Bestand m ‎(genitive Bestands or Bestandes, plural Bestände)

1. stock, inventory
2. portfolio
3. population
4. durable existence, persistence; duration; continuance

Declension

Derived terms

• Bestandsaufnahme
• Lagerbestand
• Tatbestand
• Bestandspflege
• Bestandteil
• Fischbestand

Luxembourgish

Noun

Bestand m ‎(plural Bestänn)

1. stock, supply

English

Verb

bestand ‎(third-person singular simple present bestands, present participle bestanding, simple past and past participle bestood)

1. (transitive) To stand by or near; stand around.
2. (transitive) To beset; stand around in hostility; harass.
   • 1880, Sidney Lanier, Alfred Kappes, Sir Thomas Malory, The Boy's King Arthur:

     [...] that is my lord and uncle King Arthur, for he is full straitly bestood [sore beset] with a false traitor, which is my half brother Sir Mordred, [...]

3. (transitive) To surround; encompass.
   • 1846, Polydore Vergil, Sir Henry Ellis, Polydore Vergil's English history:

     Wherefore the Brittishe bisshops, bestood with weapons and enemies, when thei coulde not execute all functions, and perceaved that the prelates their neighbours weare prompte to assiste them, [...]

4. (transitive) To serve; be of service to; be ready to serve or aid.
   • 1904, Donald Grant Mitchell, American Lands and Letters:

     [...] and, inherited Puritan crust of stiffness that rarely left him, and which bestood him well under the ceremonials of his mission, whether at London (1846- 49) or later (1867-74) in Berlin.

   • 1907, Donald Grant Mitchell, The works of Donald G. Mitchell:

     Would not children come kindly to such out-of-door lessons, and to such practical knowledge as would always bestand them well?

Synonyms

• bestead

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈstɑnt/

Noun

bestand n ‎(plural bestanden, diminutive bestandje n)

1. archive, file
2. (computing) file
3. truce

   Twaalfjarig Bestand — Twelve Years' truce

Derived terms

• Twaalfjarig Bestand on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Adjective

bestand ‎(not comparable)

1. capable of withstanding, capable to withstand

   Dit huis is bestand tegen stormen. — This house can withstand storms.

Inflection

Anagrams

• batsend

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ant

Verb

bestand

1. First-person singular preterite of bestehen.
2. Third-person singular preterite of bestehen.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Low German bestant; compare with German Bestand.

Noun

bestand m ‎(definite singular bestanden, indefinite plural bestander, definite plural bestandene)

1. stock (e.g. of fish)
2. stand (e.g. of trees)
3. population (of wild animals / birds)

Derived terms

• bestanddel

References

• “bestand” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Low German bestant

Noun

bestand m ‎(definite singular bestanden, indefinite plural bestandar, definite plural bestandane)

1. stock (e.g. of fish)
2. stand (e.g. of trees)
3. population (of wild animals / birds)

References

• “bestand” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.