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Central Franconian
Etymology
From Old High German stēn, from Proto-Germanic *stāną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
Pronunciation
Verb
stiehn (third-person singular present stäht or steht, preterite stuhn or stonn, past participle gestanne)
- (western and southern Moselle Franconian) to stand
Wann de anner hei stiehn, kann ech och hei stohn.- If the others are standing here, I can stand here too.
Usage notes
- Many dialects use forms of this verb, but with the infinitive stohn, as shown above. Stiehn as infinitive is found especially in and around Koblenz.