Stådt

Bavarian

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. Cognates include Yiddish שטאָט (shtot) and שטעטל (shtetl), German Stadt, Dutch stad, Old Norse staðr, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 (staþs). Doublet of stått and Stättn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃd̥ɔd̥/
• Homophone: stått

Noun

Stådt f (plural Städt, diminutive Stadtl or Stadterl)

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