geradestehen

== German == === Etymology === gerade +‎ stehen === Verb === geradestehen (irregular strong, third-person singular present steht gerade, past tense stand gerade, past participle geradegestanden, past subjunctive stände gerade or stünde gerade, auxiliary haben or sein) to take responsibility [with für ‘for’] ==== 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 === “geradestehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “geradestehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “geradestehen” in Duden online