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German
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. Doublet of Statt and Stätte.
Pronunciation
Noun
Stadt f (genitive Stadt, plural Städte, diminutive Städtchen n or Städtlein n)
- city (a large settlement)
1931, Gebhard Mehring, Schrift und Schrifttum, Silberburg-Verlag, page 13:Der Zerfall des Römerreiches raubte der Stadt Rom die alte Stellung als Mittelpunkt alles Geschehens.- The decay of the Roman empire robbed the city of Rome of the old position as the center of all that was happening.
- town (a settlement larger than a village)
- (metonymically) city center (a central business area of a city)
- (metonymically) city, town, town council, city council (a governing body of people elected to oversee management of a municipality)
Usage notes
- For some speakers, the plural has an irregular lengthening of the stem vowel. See Städte.
- Not to be confused with Staat.
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