Schtat
See also: Schtạt
Limburgish edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms:
- Schtạt (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, widespread)
- Schtǫt (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, uncommon, East Limburgish, Southeast Limburgish)
- stad (Veldeke spelling, widespread to the north-west of the Panningen line)
Alternative spellings:
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *stadi, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Schtat f (plural Schtät or Schtee̩ or Schtäe̩) (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, widespread)
- city (large settlement)
- town (settlement larger than a village)
- (metonymically) city centre (central business area of a city)
- (metonymically) city, town, town council, city council (governing body of people elected to oversee management of a municipality)