staon

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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)

to stand (be upright)
(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?