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German
Etymology
bestehen + -ig
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈʃtɛndɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /bəˈʃtɛndɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: be‧stän‧dig
Adjective
beständig (strong nominative masculine singular beständiger, comparative beständiger, superlative am beständigsten)
- constant, stable, steady, abiding, enduring
- Nichts ist so beständig wie der Wandel. (proverb) ― Nothing is so constant as change.
- resistant
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Further reading
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Low German bestendich. Attested since 1645.
Adjective
beständig (comparative beständigare, superlative beständigast)
- constant, enduring (persisting through time)
Inget är beständigt- Nothing is permanent
- resistant (of a material or the like)
Declension
Inflection of beständig
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Superlative2
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Common singular
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beständig
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Neuter singular
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beständigt
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Plural
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beständiga
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Masculine plural3
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beständige
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Superlative
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Masculine singular1
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beständige
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All
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beständiga
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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
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