bestand

See also: Bestand and bestånd

English

Etymology

From Middle English bistanden, bestanden, from Old English bestandan, from Proto-Germanic *bistandaną (“to surround, support”). Equivalent to be- +‎ stand.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænd

Verb

bestand (third-person singular simple present bestands, present participle bestanding, simple past and past participle bestood)

1. (transitive) To stand by or near; stand around.
2. (transitive) To beset; stand around in hostility; harass.
   • 1880, Sidney Lanier, Alfred Kappes, Sir Thomas Malory, The Boy's King Arthur:

     [...] that is my lord and uncle King Arthur, for he is full straitly bestood [sore beset] with a false traitor, which is my half brother Sir Mordred, [...]

3. (transitive) To surround; encompass.
   • 1846, Polydore Vergil, Sir Henry Ellis, Polydore Vergil's English history:

     Wherefore the Brittishe bisshops, bestood with weapons and enemies, when thei coulde not execute all functions, and perceaved that the prelates their neighbours weare prompte to assiste them, [...]

4. (transitive) To serve; be of service to; be ready to serve or aid.
   • 1904, Donald Grant Mitchell, American Lands and Letters:

     [...] and, inherited Puritan crust of stiffness that rarely left him, and which bestood him well under the ceremonials of his mission, whether at London (1846- 49) or later (1867-74) in Berlin.

   • 1907, Donald Grant Mitchell, The works of Donald G. Mitchell:

     Would not children come kindly to such out-of-door lessons, and to such practical knowledge as would always bestand them well?

Synonyms

• (to serve): bestead; See also Thesaurus:serve

Anagrams

• ant-beds, tan beds

Danish

Etymology

From Low German bestant.

Noun

bestand c (singular definite bestanden, plural indefinite bestande)

1. population (of an animal species)
2. total number (of something)

Declension

Declension of bestand

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bestand	bestanden	bestande	bestandene
genitive	bestands	bestandens	bestandes	bestandenes

Derived terms

• abebestand
• andebestand
• bjørnebestand
• bogbestand
• bæverbestand
• dyrebestand
• egernbestand
• fiskebestand
• fuglebestand
• hundebestand
• kattebestand
• kvægbestand
• løvebestand
• menneskebestand
• musebestand
• slangebestand
• sælbestand
• tigerbestand
• uglebestand
• vildtbestand
• ynglebestand

 

References

• “bestand” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bestant. Equivalent to be- +‎ stand, compare German Bestand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈstɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: be‧stand
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

bestand n (plural bestanden, diminutive bestandje n)

1. archive, file
2. (computing) file
3. truce

   Twaalfjarig Bestand — Twelve Years' truce

Derived terms

• bestanddeel
• bestandsformaat
• ledenbestand
• tekstbestand
• Twaalfjarig Bestand on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Descendants

• Negerhollands: bestand

Adjective

bestand (not comparable)

1. capable of withstanding, capable to withstand

   Dit huis is bestand tegen stormen. — This house can withstand storms.

Inflection

Inflection of bestand
uninflected	bestand
inflected	bestande
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		bestand
indefinite	m./f. sing.	bestande
	n. sing.	bestand
	plural	bestande
definite		bestande
partitive		bestands

Anagrams

• batsend

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ant

Verb

bestand

1. first/third-person singular preterite of bestehen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Low German bestant; compare with German Bestand.

Noun

bestand m (definite singular bestanden, indefinite plural bestander, definite plural bestandene)

1. stock (e.g. of fish)
2. stand (e.g. of trees)
3. population (of wild animals / birds)

Derived terms

• bestanddel

References

• “bestand” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Low German bestant.

Noun

bestand m (definite singular bestanden, indefinite plural bestandar, definite plural bestandane)

1. stock (e.g. of fish)
2. stand (e.g. of trees)
3. population (of wild animals / birds)

References

• “bestand” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.