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Anstand

decency

noun AHN-shtant Rare
People & Society Values

Also means

good manners

Usage Note

Anstand is decency or propriety, the sense of how a decent person ought to behave: den Anstand wahren (to maintain decorum). The adjective is anständig (decent, proper), also used colloquially to mean substantial, as in eine anständige Portion.

Examples

"Ein wenig Anstand hätte man von ihm erwarten dürfen."

Natural Translation

One might have expected a little decency from him.

Literal Translation

A little decency had one from him expect may.

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