שטאָט

See also: שטאַט and שטאט

Yiddish

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.

Pronunciation

• (YIVO, Northern Yiddish) IPA^(key): [ʃtɔt]
• (Southern Yiddish) IPA^(key): [ʃtut]

Noun

שטאָט • (shtot) f, plural שטעט (shtet), diminutive שטעטל (shtetl) or שטעטעלע (shtetele)

1. city, (large) town

Coordinate terms

• דאָרף (dorf, “village”)
• דערפֿל (derfl, “small village”)
• שטעטל (shtetl, “small town, townlet”)

See also

• לאַנד (land)