stattlich

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German

Etymology

Partial calque of Middle Low German statelīk, from state. Compare Dutch statelijk, Swedish ståtlig and Norwegian statelig.

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Adjective

stattlich (strong nominative masculine singular stattlicher, comparative stattlicher, superlative am stattlichsten)

  1. stately, imposant
    • 1906, Hermann Hesse, Unterm Rad [Beneath the Wheel]‎, Berlin: S. Fischer:
      Den leidenschaftlichen Knaben nahm später, nach mancherlei weiteren Geniestreichen und Verirrungen, das Leid des Lebens in eine strenge Zucht und es ist, wenn nicht ein Held, so doch ein aufrechter und stattlicher Mann aus ihm geworden.
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Further reading

  • stattlich” in Duden online
  • stattlich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache