beständig

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See also: bestandig

German

Etymology

bestehen +‎ -ig

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈʃtɛndɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /bəˈʃtɛndɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: be‧stän‧dig

Adjective

beständig (strong nominative masculine singular beständiger, comparative beständiger, superlative am beständigsten)

  1. constant, stable, steady, abiding, enduring
    Nichts ist so beständig wie der Wandel. (proverb)Nothing is so constant as change.
  2. resistant

Declension

Antonyms

  • beständig

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German bestendich. Attested since 1645.

Adjective

beständig (comparative beständigare, superlative beständigast)

  1. constant, enduring (persisting through time)
    Inget är beständigt
    Nothing is permanent
  2. resistant (of a material or the like)

Declension

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

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