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Bavarian
Etymology
From Middle High German stat, from Old High German stat, from Proto-West Germanic *stadi, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis. Cognates include Yiddish שטאָט (shtot) and שטעטל (shtetl), German Stadt, Dutch stad, Old Norse staðr, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 (staþs). Doublet of stått and Stättn.
Pronunciation
Noun
Stådt f (plural Städt, diminutive Stadtl or Stadterl)
- city (large settlement)
- town (settlement larger than a village)
- (metonymically) city center (central business area of a city)
- (metonymically) city, town, town council, city council (governing body of people elected to oversee management of a municipality)