Stadt

German (Berlin)

/ʃtat/, /diː‿ʃtat/

noun
Definitions
  • city large settlement
  • town settlement larger than a village
  • (metonymy) city center central business area of a city
  • (metonymy) city, town, town council, city council governing body of people elected to oversee management of a municipality

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German stat (shore, bank) inherited from Old High German stat inherited from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (place, location, a standing) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis (standing, position).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*stéh₂tis

Gloss

standing, position

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