Stadt

German

Etymology

From Middle High German stat, from Old High German stat, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis. Related to English stead, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 (staþs, “place”), Danish and Swedish stad, Dutch stad, Yiddish שטאָט‎ (shtot). Originally the same word as Statt and Stätte.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃtat/
(file)
IPA^(key): /diː‿ʃtat/
Homophone: statt
Rhymes: -at

Noun

Stadt f (genitive Stadt, plural Städte, diminutive Städtchen n or Städtlein n)

city (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 (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)

Usage notes

For some speakers, the plural has an irregular lengthening of the stem vowel. See Städte.

Declension

Declension of Stadt

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Stadt	die	Städte
genitive	einer	der	Stadt	der	Städte
dative	einer	der	Stadt	den	Städten
accusative	eine	die	Stadt	die	Städte

Related terms

Darmstadt n
Großstadt f
Hansestadt f
Hauptstadt f
Schlafstadt f
Stadtbummel m
Stadtgebiet n
Stadtkreis m
Stadtleben n
Stadtluft f
Stadtmensch m
Stadtmitte f
Stadtpark m
Stadtplanung f
Stadtrand m
Stadtrat m
Stadtschule f
Stadtwappen n
Stadtzentrum n
Trabantenstadt f
stadtauswärts
stadtbekannt
Stadtbewohner

Related terms

Descendants

Hunsrik: xtat

Further reading

Stadt in Duden online

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