beständig
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See also: bestandig
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /bəˈʃtɛndɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /bəˈʃtɛndɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: be‧stän‧dig
Adjective[edit]
beständig (strong nominative masculine singular beständiger, comparative beständiger, superlative am beständigsten)
- constant, stable, steady, abiding, enduring
- Nichts ist so beständig wie der Wandel. ― Nothing is so constant as change. (Proverb)
- (often with gegen (“to”)) resistant
Declension[edit]
Positive forms of beständig
Comparative forms of beständig
Superlative forms of beständig
Antonyms[edit]
- beständig
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “beständig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “beständig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “beständig” in Duden online
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Low German bestendich. Attested since 1645.
Adjective[edit]
beständig (comparative beständigare, superlative beständigast)
- constant, enduring (persisting through time)
- Inget är beständigt
- Nothing is permanent
- resistant (of a material or the like)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of beständig | |||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | beständig | — | — |
Neuter singular | beständigt | — | — |
Plural | beständiga | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | beständige | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | beständige | — | — |
All | beständiga | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
References[edit]
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