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German
Etymology
Partial calque of Middle Low German statelīk, from state. Compare Dutch statelijk, Swedish ståtlig and Norwegian statelig.
Pronunciation
Adjective
stattlich (strong nominative masculine singular stattlicher, comparative stattlicher, superlative am stattlichsten)
- 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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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