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das Stadt

noun · /ʃtat/ ·
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. Cognate with English stead. Doublet of Statt and Stätte.

Translation

  1. city (a large settlement) feminine

    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.

  2. town (a settlement larger than a village) feminine
  3. city center (a central business area of a city) feminine, metonymically
  4. city, town, town council, city council (a governing body of people elected to oversee management of a municipality) feminine, metonymically

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Stadt Städte
Accusative Stadt Städte
Dative Stadt Städten
Genitive Stadt Städte