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anstehen

verb B1
  1. to stand in a queue (intransitive) · Entschuldigung. Stehen Sie an? Sorry, are you in the queue?
  2. to be pending, to be upcoming, to be on the agenda, to be due (intransitive) · zum Verkauf anstehen to be up for sale· Demnächst stehen wieder Wahlen an. Elections are coming up again soon.
  3. to befit (dated, intransitive) · 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.
  4. (mining, geology) to protrude (intransitive)
  5. to be dependent on something or someone (Austria, dated, intransitive)
  6. to be too much for (someone) (e.g. of food) (Austria, intransitive)
  7. to touch, to contact, to be situated against something (dated, intransitive, regional) · Die Kommode steht an der Wand an. The dresser stands against the wall.
  8. to be stuck, to stop moving (dated, figuratively, intransitive, regional) · Der Wagen steht an. The car has stopped moving.· Ich stehe gerade bei diesem Rätsel an, kannst du mir helfen? I'm stuck on this puzzle, can you help me?
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Verb forms

Infinitive
anstehen
Present (er)
steht an
Präteritum (er)
stand an
Perfekt (er)
hat angestanden
Infinitive with zu
anzustehen

A strong or irregular verb: its stem changes in some forms, so learn its main forms by heart.

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Words, meanings, pronunciations and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.