stände, n.All

Stände (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠one German word for both the classes of civil society and the political Estates, so the language keeps a unity the two actually had in former times.

Stände (n.) are, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠with monarch, judges and magistrates, what Hegel said a people needs to be more than a formless mass; Marx called the argument a tautology.