standpoint

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• /ˈstændpɔɪnt/
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From stand + point, a calque of German Standpunkt. Similar constructions used in other languages, such as Japanese 立場 (tachiba, literally “standing place”).

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: гледна точка (gledna točka) — point of view
• Bulgarian: становище (stanovište) — point of view
• Chinese Mandarin: 立場 /立场 (lìchǎng) — point of view
• Chinese Mandarin: 觀點 /观点 (guāndiǎn) — point of view
• Danish: standpunkt — point of view
• Dutch: standpunt — point of view
• Dutch: uitgangspunt — point of view
• Esperanto: starpunkto — point of view
• Esperanto: vidpunkto — point of view
• Finnish: näkökulma — point of view
• French: point de vue — point of view
• Galician: punto de vista — point of view
• Georgian: შეხედულება (šexeduleba) — point of view
• Georgian: თვალსაზრისი (tvalsazrisi) — point of view
• Georgian: დამოკიდებულება (damoḳidebuleba) — point of view
• Georgian: მიდგომა (midgoma) — point of view
• German: Standpunkt — point of view
• German: Sichtweise — point of view
• Hindi: नज़र (nazar) — point of view
• Hungarian: álláspont — point of view
• Interlingua: puncto de vista — point of view
• Italian: punto di vista — point of view
• Japanese: 観点 (kanten) — point of view
• Latvian: viedoklis — point of view
• Norwegian: standpunkt — point of view
• Polish: punkt widzenia — point of view
• Portuguese: ponto de vista — point of view
• Romanian: punct de vedere — point of view
• Russian: то́чка зре́ния (tóčka zrénija) — point of view
• Serbo-Croatian: тачка гледишта — point of view
• Serbo-Croatian: точка гледишта — point of view
• Serbo-Croatian: tačka gledišta — point of view
• Serbo-Croatian: točka gledišta — point of view
• Spanish: punto de vista — point of view
• Swedish: ståndpunkt — point of view
• Ukrainian: то́чка зо́ру (tóčka zóru) — point of view