dazustehen
to be left (in a situation)
- Past (Präteritum)
- stand da
- Past participle
- dagestanden (haben)
This is a separable verb composed of 'da' and 'stehen'. It is primarily used to describe the state of being left empty-handed or without resources in a specific situation. Note that while 'stehen' forms its past participle with 'haben', some regional variations allow 'sein'. In standard German, 'haben' is the preferred auxiliary for the static state of being somewhere or in some situation with 'dastehen'. In the Perfekt, it is 'er hat dagestanden'. Note that in the phrase 'ohne ... dazustehen' it functions as an infinitive clause complement describing a negative outcome/state of lacking something essential as a result of a decision or action. Because it is a compound of 'stehen', it uses the same Präteritum stem 'stand'. In the context of your text, it refers to the risk of having no qualification to show for oneself later on in life if the training is abandoned. It is rarely used in other forms like imperatives or Konjunktiv I in everyday language, focusing mostly on the infinitive construction 'ohne etwas dazustehen'. As a compound of 'stehen', the Präteritum is strictly 'stand da'. Note: It is an inseparable compound of the adverbial 'da-' and the verb 'stehen', treated as a separable unit. The construction 'dazustehen' here is part of an 'um...zu' or 'ohne...zu' clause, which is why the 'zu' is infixed between the prefix and the stem.
Conjugation
Past
- stand da
- past
Participle
- dagestanden
- past participle
Infinitive
- dazustehen
- infinitive