# stå for
## Danish
### Verb

stå for
* be responsible for
    Frederik står for maden og drikkevarerne.
       Frederik is responsible for the food and drink.
* be an abbreviation of, stand for
    Hvad står "EU" for?
       What is "EU" short for?
* represent, advocate, support (some value)
** 2013, Mads Vang Christensen, Mellem galskab og disciplin: Filosofi og eksistens, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 39:Vi har mere end nogen sinde brug for at repetere vores værdier, det vi står for, for at de ikke bliver overstrømmet med andres værdier, ...More than ever, we need to reinforce our values, that which we stand for, so that they are not flooded with other people's values, ...
** 1996, 2016, Lene Rem, Jeg hader dig, mor! ... for jeg vil så gerne elske dig, Lindhardt og Ringhof (→ISBN)
    Vi skal fortælle om den store sorg og vrede, vi nærer, når de store børn tager afstand fra alt, hvad vi står for ...We must speak of the great sorrow and anger that we feel when the large children distance themselves from everything we stand for ...
** 1978, Tandlægebladet:En slags opslagsværk, der kan revideres hvert år efter hovedgeneralforsamlingen, så vi selv, vore forhandlingspartnere, politikerne og befolkningen til enhver tid ved, hvor vi står og hvad vi står for.A sort of reference work that can be revised every year after the main general assembly, so that we, our negotiation partners, the politicians and the populace at any time know where we stand and what we stand for.
* (chiefly in the negative) to resist, especially something that is either tempting or charming
** 2018, Monica Murphy, translated by Sarah Louise Pedersen, For evigt, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:Han smiler. Jeg smiler tilbage. Jeg kan ikke stå for det. Hans charme. At han er så sød.He smiles. I smile back. I can't resist it. His charm. His being so sweet.
** 2007, Louise Falsig, En sag for Johanson, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 95:Efter så mange år bag tremmer uden en kvinde kunne du ikke stå for fristelsen.After so many years behind bars without a woman, you couldn't resist the temptation.
** 1957, LO-Bladet:Fra arbejdsgiverside har man således ikke kunnet stå for fristelsen til at søge ting klaret for dette forum, som man ikke har kunnet gennemføre ved overenskomstforhandlingerne, ...From the employer side, there has thus been a failure to resist the temptation to attempt to have things cleared for this forum that it has not been possible to pass during the agreement negotiations, ...
* survive, weather, stand up to (some ordeal)
** 2005, Almen Studieforberedelse, Gyldendal Uddannelse, →ISBN, page 36:Men det har alligevel vist sig, at kun en lille del af de alternative metoder har kunnet stå for en egentlig videnskabelig undersøgelse med en dobbelt blindtest.But nonetheless it has turned out that only a small part of the alternative methods have been able to stand up to an actual scientific investigation with a double-blind test.
** 1932-1942 (transcribed 2014), Ole Brun Madsen, Familien Kirstine og IP Hansens Vandrebøger: Bind I-VI 1938-1942, BoD – Books on Demand (→ISBN)
    ... har kunnet få deres rødder anbragt således, at de har kunnet stå for en storm, ...... have been able to place their roots such that they have been able to weather a storm, ...
** 1966, Tidsskrift for industri:Systemet, som har virket udmærket i mere end 100 år, har under de senere års stærke aktivitet ikke kunnet stå for belastningen.The system, which has worked alright for more than 100 years, has, under the intense activity of the latest years, not been able to carry the encumbrance.
** 1908, Tidsskrift for det norske landbruk:Blandt det store publikum er det en meget udbredt tro, at maanen har en betydelig indflydelse paa veiret. Denne tro er fordetmeste en levning af de gamle tiders astrologi, og har som astrologien forøvrigt daarlig kunnet staa for den moderne ...Among the large audience, it is a very prevalent belief that the moon has a significant influence on the weather. This belief is mainly a relic of the astrology of the old times, and has, like astrology in general, been poorly able to withstand the modern ...