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German
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Etymology
From groß + Stadt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʁoːsʃtat/
- Hyphenation: Groß‧stadt
Noun
Großstadt f (genitive Großstadt, plural Großstädte, diminutive Großstädtchen n or Großstädtlein n)
- large city, big city, major city (in Germany used for cities with a population greater than 100,000)
2023 June 13, Kersten Augustin, “FDP-Bürgermeister für Tempolimit: Voll am Limit”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Die Mehrheit der Deutschen lebt in Klein- und Mittelstädten wie Springe: Mit einem Regionalbahnhof, von dem man in die nächste Großstadt kommt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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