bestehen — to exist, to insist, to pass, to consist, to persist in German
/bəˈʃteːən/
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A2
80/100
#215
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Example Sentences
Ich muss diese Prüfung bestehen.
I have to pass this exam.
Diese Organisation kann ohne dich nicht bestehen.
This organization cannot exist without you.
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Corpus Neighbors
Related words selected from level, topic, frequency, and word class.
zeigen
to show, to demonstrate, to point, to indicate
lassen
to let, to allow, to leave
liegen
to lie, to be located, to be situated
dürfen
to be allowed, may, can
stellen
to put (vertically), to place, to position, to set, to provide
nehmen
to take, to have, to use
bringen
to bring, to take
erklären
to explain, to declare
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