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stå

stand, stop, be/stoː/

Meaning

stand; stop; be

In Swedish: hålla kroppen rakt upp (utan att röra sig)

Conjugation

Conjugation of stå (stand)
Infinitive	att stå	to stand
Present	står	jag står
Past	stod	jag stod
Supine	stått	used after har / hade
Perfect	har stått	jag har stått
Past perfect	hade stått	jag hade stått
Future	ska stå	or: kommer att stå
Conditional	skulle stå	jag skulle stå
Imperative	stå!	a command
Present participle	stående	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	stånden	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of stå
Infinitive	stås
Present	stås
Past	stods
Supine	ståtts

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use står. See the four verb groups explained.

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stå in a sentence

Stå upp!
Stand up!
hon blev stående på gatan
she remained (paused) standing in the street
flaskan står på bordet
the bottle is on the table
klockan står
the clock has stopped
det står i tidningen
it is in the paper
dörren står på glänt
the door is ajar
stå i centrum
be in the centre
jag står för kostnaderna
I'll stand for the cost

Expressions

stå på egna ben
stand on one's own two feet
stå i begrepp att
be on the point of
stå till tjänst ("erbjuda sin hjälp") med något
be at (sby's) service ("offer one's help") about sth.
stå för dörren
be at the door

Questions

What does stå mean in English?

stå means “stand, stop”.

What is the past tense of stå?

The past tense of stå is stod (“jag stod”). The supine is stått, used in “jag har stått”.

What is the present tense of stå?

står, the same for every person: jag står, du står, vi står.

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Swedish stā, possibly from an unattested eastern Old Norse stá, or via early Middle Low German stān.

Nearby common words

stå is number 180 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

176död death
177folk folk, people
178verkligen really
179träffa meet, hit
181stanna stop, stay
182våra our, ours, plural of vår
183visst certainly, probably
184dom pronunciation spelling of de, pronunciation spelling of dem

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