anstehen

to stand in a queue

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Meanings

Verb

to stand in a queue
to be pending, to be upcoming, to be on the agenda, to be due
to be stuck, to be held up (bei etwas anstehen; chiefly Austrian and southern German)
to protrude
to be too much for (someone) (e.g. of food)

Wir mussten an der Kasse lange anstehen.

We had to queue at the checkout for a long time.

infinitive anstehen

he/she/it steht an

simple past stand an

perfect hat angestanden