Before you start
Meet zustehen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Build the meaning
zu- + stehen
- zu-
- to or assigned to someone
- stehen
- to stand
What stands assigned to someone is theirs by right.
So zustehen means to be entitled to; to be due.
A memory aid, not a rule: prefixes change meaning from verb to verb.
Learning approach inspired by this explanation in r/German.
Verb family
More verbs built on stehen
Same base verb, a different prefix, a new meaning.
Separable verb: zu·stehen
In a main clause the prefix zu splits off and goes to the end. After weil, dass and other subordinating words, the verb stays in one piece at the end.
Main clauseDir steht ein freier Tag zu.You are entitled to a day off.
Subordinate clauseIch weiß, dass dir ein freier Tag zusteht.I know that you are entitled to a day off.
Participle: zugestandenzu-infinitive: zuzustehen
Forms
How zustehen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | stehe zu | stand zu |
| du | stehst zu | standest zu |
| er/sie/es | steht zu | stand zu |
| wir | stehen zu | standen zu |
| ihr | steht zu | standet zu |
| Sie | stehen zu | standen zu |
Partizip II zugestanden · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Mir steht eine Pause zu.I am entitled to a break.entitlement in present tense
- 2Ihm hat ein freier Tag zugestanden.He was entitled to a day off.Perfekt with haben
- 3Sie weiß, dass ihr mehr Zeit zusteht.She knows that she is entitled to more time.verb at the end after dass
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
zustehen + der Urlaub + der Arbeitnehmer
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Say who is entitled to the holiday.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The moneydas Geld was due to her, but she didn't getbekommen it.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When I was sickkrank, I was still entitled to a day offder freie Tag.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She knows that she is entitled to a breakdie Pause because she works all dayden ganzen Tag.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The womandie Frau who is entitled to the moneydas Geld is my neighborder Nachbar, die Nachbarn.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
You must be entitled to helpdie Hilfe.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
He hopes he is entitled to more timedie Zeit.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Who is entitled to the moneydas Geld?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
zustehen + das Geld + obwohl
Your challenge
- 1Start with an obwohl-clause.
- 2Put the conjugated verb at the end of that clause.
- 3Add a main clause saying she does not get the money.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
What are you entitled to at work, school, or home?
Your challenge
- 1Answer in one sentence using zustehen.
- 2Say what you are entitled to.