See also: Stad, stád, städ, Städ, stąd, and stað

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Dutch stad.

Noun edit

stad (plural stads)

  1. (South Africa) town, village

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Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch stad, from Middle Dutch stat, from Old Dutch stad, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /stat/
  • (file)

Noun edit

stad (plural stede)

  1. city
    Ons gaan nou stad toe.
    We are going to town now.

Bavarian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German stat, a variant of stæt, whence German stet.

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Adjective edit

stad (non comparable)

  1. quiet, silent
    Sei stad!Be quiet!

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Descendants edit

  • German: stad

Breton edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old French estat.

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stad f (plural stadoù)

  1. state

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Danish stath, from Old Norse staðr (place, city), from Proto-Germanic *stadiz. Originally the same word as sted (place).

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stad c (singular definite staden, plural indefinite stæder)

  1. (dated) town, city

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Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch stat, from Old Dutch stat, stedi (whence stede, stee), from Proto-West Germanic *stadi, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis.

The plural has preserved the old Germanic umlaut in a morphological function, a rarity in Dutch. Several derived terms have umlaut as well.

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stad f (plural steden, diminutive stadje n)

  1. city, town
    Amsterdam is een bruisende stad vol cultuur.Amsterdam is a bustling city full of culture.
    Ze verhuisde van een klein dorp naar een grote stad.She moved from a small village to a big city.
    Het stadje had een rijke geschiedenis.The small town had a rich history.
  2. the town/city centre
    Ik ben nu in de stad.
    I am now in town. I am now in the centre (of town).
    Ik ga de stad in.
    I am going into town.

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German edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Bavarian stad.

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Adjective edit

stad (strong nominative masculine singular stader, not comparable)

  1. (Austria, Bavaria, Southern Germany, colloquial) quiet, silent

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Further reading edit

  • stad” in Duden online
  • stad” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Gothic edit

Romanization edit

stad

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌳

Irish edit

 
Irish stop sign

Etymology edit

From Old Irish stad, from Latin status, perfect passive participle of stō (stand, remain). Doublet of stádas.

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Verb edit

stad (present analytic stadann, future analytic stadfaidh, verbal noun stad, past participle stadta)

  1. stop, halt, cease, stay

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stad m (genitive singular stad, nominative plural stadanna)

  1. verbal noun of stad
  2. stop, halt
  3. pause, cessation
  4. hindrance, impediment
  5. stop (stopping-place, e.g. bus or tram stop)

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Maltese edit

Root
s-j-d
5 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic اِصْطادَ (iṣṭāda).

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Verb edit

stad (imperfect jistad, past participle mistad)

  1. to fish (catch fish)
  2. to hunt

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of stad
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m stadt stadt stad stadna stadtu stadu
f stadet
imperfect m nistad tistad jistad nistadu tistadu jistadu
f tistad
imperative stad stadu
  • Colloquially, the first and second persons of the perfect may be formed irregularly as stadejt, stadejna, stadejtu.

Middle English edit

Noun edit

stad

  1. Alternative form of stede (place)

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Danish stad, from Old Danish stath, from Old Norse staðr (place, spot, city, town), from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (place, location), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis (standing, position), from *steh₂- (to stand (up)) + *-tis (derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots).

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stad m (definite singular staden, indefinite plural steder, definite plural stedene)

  1. (literary) a (large) city, (also in compounds) town

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

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Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse staðr, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis.

Noun edit

stad m (definite singular staden, indefinite plural stader or stadar, definite plural stadene or stadane)

  1. place
  2. city, town
  3. situation
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stad n (definite singular stadet, indefinite plural stad, definite plural stada)

  1. river bank
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Etymology 3 edit

Short form of av stad.

Adverb edit

stad

  1. away; off
    Han fór stad om morgonen.
    He went off in the morning.
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Peranakan Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Dutch stad.

Noun edit

stad

  1. city
    Synonym: kota

Polish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /stat/
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Syllabification: stad

Noun edit

stad n

  1. genitive plural of stado

Romansch edit

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Etymology edit

From Latin aestās, aestātem.

Noun edit

stad m (plural stads)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) summer

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish stad, from Latin status, perfect passive participle of stō (stand, remain).

Verb edit

stad (past stad, future stadaidh, verbal noun stadadh, past participle stadte)

  1. stop, halt, pause

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

stad m (genitive singular stada, plural stadan)[1]

  1. stop
  2. pause

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Swedish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish staþer, from Old Norse staðr, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis.

Pronunciation edit

Note that when used in compound words (e.g. stadsdel), stads- is pronounced IPA(key): /stats/.

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stad c

  1. a town, a city
    Coordinate terms: by (village), samhälle (community), storstad (large city)
  2. (obsolete, still in some compounds) stead, place
  3. (weaving) a selvage

Usage notes edit

Today Sweden has no legal definition of stad, settlements are instead defined via the terms centralort (central locality) and tätort (dense(-ly populated) locality). However; in 1995 Statistics Sweden defined stad as a built-up area with more than ten thousand inhabitants.

Declension edit

Declension of stad 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stad staden städer städerna
Genitive stads stadens städers städernas

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Noun edit

stad (definite accusative stadı, plural stadlar)

  1. Nonstandard spelling of stat.