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anstehen

“anstehen” is a German word. Its 8 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to stand in a queue
  2. to be pending, to be upcoming, to be on the agenda, to be due
  3. to befit
  4. (mining, geology) to protrude
  5. to be dependent on something or someone
  6. to be too much for (someone) (e.g. of food)
  7. to touch, to contact, to be situated against something
  8. to be stuck, to stop moving

Etymology

From Middle High German anestān. Equivalent to an- + stehen.

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