Staat machen

== German == === Etymology === In this idiomatic expression the noun Staat has kept its obsolete sense of “assets, money used for household management”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈʃtaːt ˌmaxn̩] === Verb === Staat machen (weak, third-person singular present macht Staat, past tense machte Staat, past participle Staat gemacht, auxiliary haben) (chiefly in the negative) to impress (dated) to live in style, in luxury; to be extravagant, fancy großen Staat machen ― to live in grand style (colloquial, rare) to make a fuss; to make a big thing out of viel Staat machen ― to make a great fuss ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “Staat” in Dudenredaktion, editor (2002), Duden, Redewendungen: Wörterbuch der deutschen Idiomatik (in German), 2nd, newly revised and updated edition, Mannheim/Leipzig/Wien/Zürich: Dudenverlag, →ISBN, page 722. === Further reading === “Staat” in Duden online “Staat”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)