staon

Low German

Alternative forms

• staohn
• stahn, stohn

Etymology

From Middle Low German stân, from Proto-Germanic *stāną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtɔːn/, /stɔːn/

Verb

staon (third-person singular present steit or steht, preterite stünn or stunn, past participle staon) (Westphalian, Mecklenburgisch, Altmärkisch)

1. to stand (be upright)
2. (with infinitive) to stand somewhere doing something (often with a progressive sense)

   Wat steis de dao to kieken?

   Why are you standing there and looking? / What are you looking at?