feststehen

== German == === Etymology === fest- +‎ stehen === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfɛstˌʃteːən] Hyphenation: fest‧ste‧hen === Verb === feststehen (irregular strong, third-person singular present steht fest, past tense stand fest, past participle festgestanden, past subjunctive stände fest or stünde fest, auxiliary haben or sein) to stand firm ==== Usage notes ==== Only the auxiliary haben is used in northern and central Germany. In southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, sein is common in the vernacular and also, alternatively, in standard usage. ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “feststehen” in Duden online “feststehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache