Stadtbild

German

Etymology

From Stadt (“town, city”) +‎ Bild (“image”), perhaps influenced by Weichbild (“city area”), in which the component -bild is, however, not immediately equivalent to German Bild.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃtatˌbɪlt]

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• Hyphenation: Stadt‧bild

Noun

Stadtbild n (strong, genitive Stadtbildes or Stadtbilds, plural Stadtbilder)

1. the appearance of a town or city; townscape, cityscape, but referring more to its appearance as one walks through it, rather than the skyline

   Fachwerkhäuser prägen bis heute das Stadtbild.

   Half-timbered houses dominate the town’s appearance to this day.

2. the streets and public areas of a town or city, especially the centre and other areas of interest

   Überall im Stadtbild finden sich Hinweise auf die historische Bedeutung des Bergbaus.

   References to the historical importance of mining are found throughout the city.

Declension

Declension of Stadtbild [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Stadtbild	die	Stadtbilder
genitive	eines	des	Stadtbildes, Stadtbilds	der	Stadtbilder
dative	einem	dem	Stadtbild, Stadtbilde1	den	Stadtbildern
accusative	ein	das	Stadtbild	die	Stadtbilder

¹Now rare, see notes.

Coordinate terms

• Straßenbild

Further reading

• “Stadtbild” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Stadtbild” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Stadtbild” in Duden online
• Stadtbild on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de