bestand

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See also: Bestand and bestånd

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English bistanden, bestanden, from Old English bestandan, from Proto-Germanic *bistandaną (to surround, support). Equivalent to be- +‎ stand.

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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?

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Low German bestant.

Noun

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bestand c (singular definite bestanden, plural indefinite bestande)

  1. population (of an animal species)
  2. total number (of something)

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch bestant. Equivalent to be- +‎ stand, compare German Bestand.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bəˈstɑnt/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧stand
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

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bestand n (plural bestanden, diminutive bestandje n)

  1. archive, file
  2. (computing) file
  3. truce
    Twaalfjarig Bestand — Twelve Years' truce

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Descendants

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  • Negerhollands: bestand

Adjective

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bestand (not comparable)

  1. capable of withstanding, capable to withstand
    Dit huis is bestand tegen stormen. — This house can withstand storms.

Declension

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Declension of bestand
uninflected bestand
inflected bestande
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial bestand
indefinite m./f. sing. bestande
n. sing. bestand
plural bestande
definite bestande
partitive bestands

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German

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bestand

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of bestehen

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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From Low German bestant; compare with German Bestand.

Noun

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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)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Low German bestant.

Noun

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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)

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