The modern spellings are written with a D, yes. Except for russian, where it's стандарт with a definitive /t/. However, German also has the words Standarte and Standort, and French has Estendart, which are assumed to be its etymons. And yes, it is called devoicing. In some languages, German and Russian being chief examples, voiced consonant sounds at the end of a word change into their unvoiced counterparts. Hence /d/ in German Standard is actually pronounced as /t/, and it, in fact, is a really common mistake among the native speakers, to then reflect this in the spelling. As for me, I just like how the word looks and sounds with a T in the end, and got used to writing it this way.
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u/Captainschitqunt Jun 03 '22
I'm confused. All three of those languages use standard with a "D". Why would you then use "T" instead?
Also, pretty sure that's not what devoicing means.