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Where does “Gegenstand” come from?

Gegenstand (German) comes from German Stand, from Old High German stand, from Proto-Germanic standaz.

Gegenstand (German): object, item, thing, article; in the technical...

Definitions

  1. object, item, thing, article; in the technical...

Ancestry of “Gegenstand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStandstanding, state, status, position, situation;...
2Old High Germanstandstand
3Proto-Germanicstandaz—

Words derived from “Gegenstand”

  • gegenständlich
  • Bedarfsgegenstand
  • Kunstgegenstand
  • gegenstandslos
  • Gegenstands
  • Forschungsgegenstand
  • Kultgegenstand
  • Haushaltsgegenstand
  • Gegenstandswort
  • Gebrauchsgegenstand
  • Prüfgegenstand
  • luksusgjenstand
  • gjenstand
  • kulturgjenstand
  • luksusgjenstand
  • gjenstand
  • kulturgjenstand
  • genstandsled
  • genstand
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