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
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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.
- town (a settlement larger than a village) feminine
- city center (a central business area of a city) feminine, metonymically
- city, town, town council, city council (a governing body of people elected to oversee management of a municipality) feminine, metonymically
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Stadt | Städte |
| Accusative | Stadt | Städte |
| Dative | Stadt | Städten |
| Genitive | Stadt | Städte |