De or het stand?

The correct Dutch article is:

de stand

  • English: position, stand, class
  • Plural: de standen / stands
  • Diminutive: het standje
Meaning (Dutch) 1. hoe of waar iets staat 2. sociale positie in de maatschappij

How to use stand

the positionde stand
this positiondeze stand
that positiondie stand
our positiononze stand
your positionjouw stand
every positionelke stand
which position?welke stand?
a big position / the big positioneen grote stand, de grote stand
the position (plural)de standen, deze standen

Example sentences with stand

  • De stand van zaken is in Algerije veranderd. “Things have changed in Algeria.”
  • Breng hem op de hoogte van de stand van zaken. “Get him up to speed on the state of things.”
  • Onze vriendschap hield geen stand. “Our friendship did not last.”

Meaning, plural, diminutive, pronunciation and translations: WikiWoordenboek (Dutch Wiktionary) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).