stohn

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• stonn (Kölsch)
• stiehn (western and southern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German stān, from Proto-Germanic *stāną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtɔːn/

Verb

stohn (third-person singular present steht or stäht or steiht, past tense stond or stong or stonn, past participle jestande or jestange or gestanne)

1. (Ripuarian, northeastern Moselle Franconian) to stand

Usage notes

• The forms steht, stond/stong, jestande/jestange are Ripuarian, whereas stäht/steiht, stonn, gestanne are Moselle Franconian.

Verb

stohn

1. (much of western and southern Moselle Franconian) infinitive of stiehn, which supplies all inflected forms