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Verb 36 of 100 · Irregular · Perfekt with haben

Stehen conjugation.

stehen means “stand”, “be written” or “suit”.

steht · stand · hat gestanden

The present, the Präteritum and the Perfekt in the third person. The chart has all six persons.

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In southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland you will also hear ist gestanden.

In sentences

Stehen in use.

The 5 sentences the course uses for stehen, each with its recording.

  • Ich kann nicht mehr stehen.

    I can't keep standing.

  • Ich stehe schon seit zehn Minuten hier.

    I have been standing here for ten minutes.

  • Das steht in der Zeitung.

    That is written in the newspaper.

  • Das blaue Kleid steht dir sehr gut.

    The blue dress suits you very well.

  • Mein Angebot steht nach wie vor.

    My offer still stands.

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Add lessons and scheduled reviews.

In the course, you learn stehen in a lesson, review it on a schedule, and practice its forms once you know it.

The forms and sentences come from the Wortplay course. Its vocabulary draws on the Ding dictionary and on frequency data from wordfreq; audio is generated German speech. About the sources.