beständig

== German == === Etymology === Bestand +‎ -ig === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈʃtɛndɪç/ (standard) IPA(key): /bəˈʃtɛndɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) Hyphenation: be‧stän‧dig === Adjective === beständig (strong nominative masculine singular beständiger, comparative beständiger, superlative am beständigsten) constant, stable, steady, abiding, enduring Nichts ist so beständig wie der Wandel. (proverb) ― Nothing is so constant as change. resistant [with gegen (+ accusative) ‘to something’] ==== Declension ==== ==== Antonyms ==== unbeständig ==== Derived terms ==== Beständigkeit wertbeständig ==== Related terms ==== bestehen Unbeständigkeit === Further reading === “beständig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “beständig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “beständig” in Duden online == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish bestenduger, a borrowing of Middle Low German bestendich. Attested since 1645. === Adjective === beständig (comparative beständigare, superlative beständigast) constant, enduring (persisting through time) resistant (of a material or the like) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== beständighet obeständig ==== Related terms ==== bestå bestånd === References === “beständig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “beständig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “beständig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)