Status
German edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin status. Doublet of Staat.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈʃtaːtʊs/ (common)
- IPA(key): /ˈstaːtʊs/ (chiefly learned variant; singular or plural)
- IPA(key): /ˈstaːˌtuːs/ (learned variant for the plural)
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Noun edit
Status m (strong, genitive Status, plural Status or Statusse or (proscribed) Stati)
Usage notes edit
- The traditional plural is Status (rarely spelled Statūs), but Statusse is more common in speech and also readily attestable in edited texts. In the context of social networking, Statusse seems even strongly predominant.
Declension edit
Declension of Status [masculine, strong]
Further reading edit
- “Status” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Status” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Status” in Duden online
- Status on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de