
bestehen is one of the B1 words in the free course — with this picture, the audio, and spaced repetition.
bestehen
exist / pass / consist
/bəˈʃteːən/Conjugation
Principal parts
bestehen, bestand, hat bestanden
Practice "bestehen"
Examples — bestehen in a sentence
Ich habe die Prüfung bestanden.
I passed the exam.
Das Team besteht aus fünf Leuten.
The team consists of five people.
How to remember it
"be-" + stehen → stand firm: exist, pass (an exam), consist of.
Word family
stehen family · 11 related words
- aufstehen to get up
- anstehen queue / be pending Shifted meaning
- bestehen exist / pass / consist Shifted meaning
- entstehen arise Not predictable
- feststehen Coming soon to be certain Shifted meaning
- verstehen to understand Not predictable
- zustehen Coming soon to be entitled to Not predictable
- bevorstehen Coming soon to be imminent Shifted meaning