Standard

See also: standard

English

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Standard

1. (science fiction, fantasy) Denoting the name of a universal language in various works.

   Synonym: Common

   • 1996, Joan D. Vinge, Dreamfall, New York, N.Y.: Warner Books, →ISBN, page 150:

     "I felt that I had to come," she said, as if she could tell from my face that I still wasn't getting it. She spoke Standard, with no real accent. She was dressed in pragmatic, sexless human clothes; if we hadn't been face-to-face, she could have passed for a human.

See also

• Galactic

References

• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2025), “Standard, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.

German

Etymology

19^th century, borrowed from English standard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtandart/, [ˈʃtan.daʁt], [-daɐ̯t], [-daːt], (archaic) /ˈstandart/

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• IPA^(key): /ˈstandaʁt/, [-daɐ̯t] (Austria)
• Hyphenation: Stan‧dard

Noun

Standard m (strong, genitive Standards, plural Standards)

1. standard

   Synonyms: Norm, Maßstab, Richtlinie, Größenvorschrift

Declension

Declension of Standard [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Standard	die	Standards
genitive	eines	des	Standards	der	Standards
dative	einem	dem	Standard	den	Standards
accusative	einen	den	Standard	die	Standards

Hyponyms

• Industriestandard, Lebensstandard

Derived terms

• standardisieren, Standardisierung
• Standardabweichung, Standardsprache
• Standarddeutsch, Standardhochdeutsch

See also

• Standarte

Further reading

• “Standard” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Standard” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Standard” in Duden online
• Standard on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de