Staat
See also: staat
German
Etymology
From Middle Low German stāt, from Middle Dutch staet, probably via Old French estat from Latin stātus. The semantic development was influenced by cognate modern French état.
Pronunciation
Noun
Staat m (genitive Staates, plural Staaten)
- country; state (sovereign political entity)
- state; authorities (the political and administrative system of such an entity)
- 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 253:
- Immer wieder hören wir die Frage von Personen, denen die Gedankenwelt des Anarchismus nicht vertraut ist: Was wollt ihr eigentlich? Wie stellt ihr euch eine Gesellschaft ohne Staat und Obrigkeit vor?
- Again and again we hear the question from people who are not familiar with the world of ideas of anarchism: What do you actually want? How do you imagine a society without state and authorities?
- Immer wieder hören wir die Frage von Personen, denen die Gedankenwelt des Anarchismus nicht vertraut ist: Was wollt ihr eigentlich? Wie stellt ihr euch eine Gesellschaft ohne Staat und Obrigkeit vor?
- 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 253:
- state (non-sovereign territory in some countries, including the United States)
- (archaic) entourage of a sovereign or prince
- (dated, except in idioms) stateliness; that which gives the effect of it; fine appearance in clothing and ménage
- 2005, Aslı Sevindim, Candlelight Döner. Geschichten über meine deutsch-türkische Familie, Berlin: Ullstein, →ISBN, page 151:
- Stefans Mutter sah erst ihren Sohn an, dann ihren Mann – zwei verstummte Gestalten, die heute hier zur Not auch verdursten würden –, mit denen war kein Staat zu machen und erst recht keine türkische Hochzeit, also übernahm sie das Ruder.
- Stefan’s mother first looked at her son, than at her husband – two silent figures who would in need die here from thirst – they would not help to make a good appearance and the more so for a Turkish wedding, so she took the helm.
Usage notes
Declension
Derived terms
- Agrarstaat (“agrarian state, agricultural country”)
- Aloha-Staat (“(nickname) Hawaii”)
- Ameisenstaat (“ant colony, colony of ants”)
- Ananas-Staat (“Pineapple State, (nickname) Hawaii”)
- Bundesstaat (“federal state, federation; a state which is part of a federation”)
- Gliedstaat (“member state of a federal government”)
- Industriestaat (“industrialized country”)
- Inselstaat (“island state”)
- Mitgliedsstaat (“member state”)
- Polizeistaat (“police state”)
- Rechtsstaat (“constitutional state”)
- Schnüffelstaat (“surveillance state”)
- Schurkenstaat (“rogue state”)
- Sonntagsstaat (“Sunday best”)
- staatähnlich (“statelike”)
- staatenbildend (“social”) (of insects)
- Staatenbildung (“state building, nation building”)
- staatenlos (“stateless”, adjective)
- staatlich (“belonging or referring to the state”, adjective)
- Staatsangehörige (“national, citizen, national subject (female)”)
- Staatsangehöriger (“national, citizen, national subject”)
- Staatsangehörigkeit (“nationality, citizenship”)
- Staatsanleihe (“government bond, state bond, sovereign bond”)
- Staatsanwalt (“prosecutor”)
- Staatsbesitz (“government property; state ownership / public ownership”)
- Staatsbesuch (“state visit”)
- Staatsbürger (“citizen, subject, national”)
- Staatsfrau (“stateswoman”)
- Staatsführung (“state leadership, leadership of a state; governance, type of governance”)
- Staatsgebiet (“national territory”)
- staatsgefährdend (“subversive”)
- Staatskanzlei (“state chancellery”)
- Staatskanzler (“chancellor (of state)”)
- Staatskasse (“coffers (of the state)”)
- Staatskirche (“state church, established church”)
- Staatsmann (“statesman”)
- Staatsminister (“minister of state”)
- Staatsoper
- Staatspräsident (“president”) (head of state)
- Staatsräson (“national interest”)
- Staatsregierung (“state government”)
- Staatssekretär (“Secretary of State”)
- Staatssicherheit (“(Ministry for) State Security”)
- Staatsstreich (“coup d'état”)
- staatstragend (“supportive of the state”)
- Staatstrojaner
- Vereinigte Staaten (“United States”)
- verstaatlichen (“to nationalize, socialize”)
- Wohlfahrtsstaat (“welfare state”)
Related terms
derived from Staat or derived with -in
- Staatsanwältin (“prosecutor (female)”)
- Staatsbürgerin (“citizen (female)”)
- Staatskanzlerin (“chancellor (of state) female”)
- Staatsministerin (“minister of state (female)”)
- Staatspräsidentin
- Staatssekretärin (“Secretary of State (female)”)
Descendants
- → Russian: штат (štat)
Further reading
- “Staat” in Duden online
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Noun
Staat m (plural Staate)
Further reading
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