staat

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Afrikaans[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Dutch staat (noun).

Noun[edit]

staat (plural state)

  1. state (nation)
  2. state (subdivision of a nation)
  3. state (condition)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Dutch staat, third-person singular present of staan, whence Afrikaans staan.

Verb[edit]

staat (present staat, present participle staande, past participle gestaat)

  1. (Cape Afrikaans) Alternative form of staan

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /staːt/
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: staat
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch staet, from Latin status. The sense for a political entity derives from Middle French état, from Old French estat, from the Latin. The sense "plantation" is a semantic loan from English estate.

Noun[edit]

staat m (plural staten, diminutive staatje n)

  1. state (political entity)
  2. state, condition, status
  3. table, list, chart
  4. (Suriname, obsolete) plantation
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Afrikaans: staat
  • → Indonesian: setat
  • → Papiamentu: staat (dated)
  • → Peranakan Indonesian: staat

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

staat

  1. inflection of staan:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

Jamaican Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from English start.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

staat

  1. to start, to begin
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Revilieshan 1:17:
      Wen mi si di man, mi fling dong miself a im fut an no muuv — laik se mi ded. Den im chrech out im rait an, an toch mi an se tu mi se, “No bada fried. Mi a di fos an mi a di laas — evriting staat wid mi, an evriting don wid mi.
      When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, "Fear not, I am the first and the last,
      (literally, “When I saw the man, I threw myself at his feet and he touched me and said to me "Don't be afraid. I am the first and the last. Everything started with me and everything will finish with me"”)

Further reading[edit]

Peranakan Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch staat.

Noun[edit]

staat

  1. state (political entity)
    Synonym: negri
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