Staat
See also: staat
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German stāt, from Middle Dutch staet, probably via Old French estat from Latin status. The semantic development was influenced by cognate modern French état. Doublet of Status.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editStaat m (mixed, genitive Staates or Staats, plural Staaten)
- country, state (politically constituted legal person wielding absolute power of a population and territory)
- state/government, authorities (the entire political and administrative system of such an entity)
- 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 253:
- Immer wieder hören wir die Frage von Personen, denen die Gedankenwelt des Anarchismus nicht vertraut ist: Was wollt ihr eigentlich? Wie stellt ihr euch eine Gesellschaft ohne Staat und Obrigkeit vor?
- Again and again we hear the question from people who are not familiar with the world of ideas of anarchism: What do you actually want? How do you imagine a society without state and authorities?
- 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 253:
- (archaic) entourage of a sovereign or prince
- (dated, except in idioms) stateliness; that which gives the effect of it; fine appearance in clothing and ménage
- 2005, Aslı Sevindim, Candlelight Döner. Geschichten über meine deutsch-türkische Familie, Berlin: Ullstein, →ISBN, page 151:
- Stefans Mutter sah erst ihren Sohn an, dann ihren Mann – zwei verstummte Gestalten, die heute hier zur Not auch verdursten würden –, mit denen war kein Staat zu machen und erst recht keine türkische Hochzeit, also übernahm sie das Ruder.
- Stefan’s mother first looked at her son, then at her husband – two silent figures who would die from thirst here and today if push came to shove – they were useless for making a good appearance, and the more so for a Turkish wedding, so she took the helm.
Usage notes
editDeclension
editDeclension of Staat [masculine, mixed]
Hyponyms
edit- Agrarstaat (“agrarian state, agricultural country”)
- Aloha-Staat (“(nickname) Hawaii”)
- Ameisenstaat (“ant colony, colony of ants”)
- Ananas-Staat (“Pineapple State, (nickname) Hawaii”)
- Bienenstaat (“bee colony”)
- Bundesstaat (“federal state, federation; a state which is part of a federation”)
- Gliedstaat (“member state of a federal government”)
- Industriestaat (“industrialized country”)
- Inselstaat (“island state”)
- Kirchenstaat (“Papal States”)
- Mitgliedsstaat (“member state”)
- Nationalstaat (“nation-state”)
- Nordstaaten
- Polizeistaat (“police state”)
- Rechtsstaat (“constitutional state”)
- Schnüffelstaat (“surveillance state”)
- Schurkenstaat (“rogue state”)
- Sonntagsstaat (“Sunday best”)
- Südstaaten
- Überwachungsstaat (“surveillance state”)
- Vereinigte Staaten (“United States”)
- Willkürstaat
- Wohlfahrtsstaat (“welfare state”)
- Zwergstaat (“microstate”)
Derived terms
edit- staatenlos (“stateless”, adjective)
- staatlich (“belonging or referring to the state”, adjective)
- verstaatlichen (“to nationalize, socialize”)
- Staat machen
Related terms
edit- staatähnlich (“statelike”)
- staatenbildend (“social”) (of insects)
- Staatenbildung (“state building, nation building”)
- Staatengebilde
- Staatsangehörige (“national, citizen, national subject (female)”)
- Staatsangehöriger (“national, citizen, national subject”)
- Staatsangehörigkeit (“nationality, citizenship”)
- Staatsanleihe (“government bond, state bond, sovereign bond”)
- Staatsanwalt (“prosecutor”)
- Staatsanwältin (“prosecutor (female)”)
- Staatsbankrott (“sovereign default”)
- Staatsbesitz (“government property; state ownership / public ownership”)
- Staatsbesuch (“state visit”)
- Staatsbudget (“government budget”)
- Staatsbürger (“citizen, subject, national”)
- Staatsbürgerin (“citizen (female)”)
- Staatsfinanzen
- staatsfinanziert
- Staatsfrau (“stateswoman”)
- Staatsführung (“state leadership, leadership of a state; governance, type of governance”)
- Staatsgebiet (“national territory”)
- staatsgefährdend (“subversive”)
- Staatsgrenze (“state border, frontier”)
- Staatshaushalt (“government budget”)
- Staatsinsolvenz (“sovereign default”)
- Staatskanzlei (“state chancellery”)
- Staatskanzler (“chancellor (of state)”)
- Staatskanzlerin (“chancellor (of state) female”)
- Staatskapelle
- Staatskasse (“coffers (of the state)”)
- Staatskirche (“state church, established church”)
- Staatsmann (“statesman”)
- Staatsminister (“minister of state”)
- Staatsministerin (“minister of state (female)”)
- Staatsoper
- Staatsorchester
- Staatspleite
- Staatspräsident (“president”) (head of state)
- Staatspräsidentin (“head (of state) female”)
- Staatsräson (“national interest”)
- Staatsrat
- Staatsrecht
- Staatsregierung (“state government”)
- Staatssekretär (“Secretary of State”)
- Staatssekretärin (“Secretary of State (female)”)
- Staatssicherheit (“(Ministry for) State Security”)
- Staatsstreich (“coup d'état”)
- staatstragend (“supportive of the state”)
- Staatstrojaner
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “Staat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Staat” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Staat” in Duden online
- “Staat” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Staat on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
editPronunciation
editNoun
editStaat m (plural Staate)
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