stad

== English == === Etymology === From Afrikaans and Dutch stad (“city, town”), from Middle Dutch stat, from Old Dutch stad, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis (“standing, position”). Doublet of stead. === Noun === stad (plural stads) (South Africa) town, village ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “stad”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “stad”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === DATs, dat's, dast, ADTs, ATDs, tads, DTAs, SADT == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch stad, from Middle Dutch stat, from Old Dutch stad, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stat/ === Noun === stad (plural stede) city == Bavarian == === Etymology === From Middle High German stat, a variant of stæt, whence German stet. Cognate with East Central German staad. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃd̥ɑˑd̥/ === Adjective === stad (non comparable) quiet, silent Sei stad! ― Be quiet! ==== Derived terms ==== håcknstad schmähstad ==== Descendants ==== → German: stad == Breton == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French estat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stad/ === Noun === stad f (plural stadoù) state == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish stath, from Old Norse staðr (“place, city”), from Proto-Germanic *stadiz. Originally the same word as sted (“place”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈsd̥æð] === Noun === stad c (singular definite staden, plural indefinite stæder) (dated) town, city ==== Inflection ==== ==== Further reading ==== stad on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da (redirects to "by") “stad” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stɑt/ Hyphenation: stad Rhymes: -ɑt === Noun === stad f (plural steden, diminutive stadje n) 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. the town/city centre ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: stad Berbice Creole Dutch: stati Jersey Dutch: stād Negerhollands: stadt, stad Skepi Creole Dutch: stat → Caribbean Javanese: setat → Papiamentu: stat, stad → Peranakan Indonesian: stad == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Bavarian stad. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃd̥aˑd̥/ === Adjective === stad (strong nominative masculine singular stader, not comparable) (Austria, Bavaria, Southern Germany, colloquial) quiet, silent ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== stet stets === Further reading === “stad” in Duden online “stad”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Gothic == === Romanization === stad romanization of 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌳 == Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish stad, from Latin status, perfect passive participle of stō (“stand, remain”). Doublet of stádas. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sˠt̪ˠɑd̪ˠ/, /sˠt̪ˠad̪ˠ/ === Verb === stad (present analytic stadann, future analytic stadfaidh, verbal noun stad, past participle stadta) to stop, halt, cease, stay ==== Conjugation ==== === Noun === stad m (genitive singular stad, nominative plural stadanna) verbal noun of stad stop, halt pause, cessation hindrance, impediment stop (stopping-place, e.g. bus or tram stop) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== grianstad (“solstice”) stad bus (“bus stop”) imeallstad (“marginal stop”) === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “stad; stadaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1117; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “stad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Maltese == === Etymology === Inherited from Arabic اِصْطادَ (iṣṭāda). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /staːt/ Homophone: stat Rhymes: -aːt === Verb === stad (imperfect jistad, past participle mistad) to fish (catch fish) to hunt ==== Conjugation ==== Colloquially, the first and second persons of the perfect may be formed irregularly as stadejt, stadejna, stadejtu. == Middle English == === Noun === stad alternative form of stede (“place”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === 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”). === Noun === stad m (definite singular staden, indefinite plural steder, definite plural stedene) (literary) a (large) city, (also in compounds) town ==== Synonyms ==== by ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== sted === References === “stad” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “stad” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stɑː/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse staðr, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis. ==== Noun ==== stad m (definite singular staden, indefinite plural stader or stadar, definite plural stadene or stadane) place city, town situation ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== stad n (definite singular stadet, indefinite plural stad, definite plural stada) river bank ===== Synonyms ===== elvebard === Etymology 3 === Short form of av stad. ==== Adverb ==== stad away; off ===== Synonyms ===== av stad av garde ===== Derived terms ===== i stad i staden for === References === “stad” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Peranakan Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch stad. === Noun === stad city Synonym: kota == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstat/ Rhymes: -at Syllabification: stad === Noun === stad n genitive plural of stado == Romansh == === Alternative forms === sted (Puter) stà (Vallader) === Etymology === From Latin aestās, aestātem. === Noun === stad m (plural stads) (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) summer == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish stad, from Latin status, perfect passive participle of stō (“stand, remain”). === Verb === stad (past stad, future stadaidh, verbal noun stadadh, past participle stadte) stop, halt, pause, desist (of movement) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== sguir (of actions other than movement) === Noun === stad m (genitive singular stada, plural stadan) stop pause ==== Derived terms ==== grian-stad stad-phuing === References === == Swedish == === Alternative forms === stadh, stedt (both obsolete) === Etymology === From Old Swedish staþer, from Old Norse staðr, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis. The sense “town, city” is a semantic loan from Middle Low German stat, from the same Proto-Germanic noun. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stɑːd/ When used in compound words (e.g. stadsdel), stads- is pronounced IPA(key): /stats/. Rhymes: -ɑːd === Noun === stad c a city, a town Coordinate terms: by (“village”), ort (“locality”), samhälle (“community”), småstad (“small town”), storstad (“big city”) (archaic, now mostly in compounds) a place, a stead Synonyms: plats, ställe (weaving) a selvage ==== Usage notes ==== See also the contracted form stan of staden (“the city, the town”), which is idiomatic in some constructions. 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 a stad as a built-up area with more than ten thousand inhabitants. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Finnish: Stadi ==== See also ==== stan === References === “stad”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “stad”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “stad”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Turkish == === Noun === stad (definite accusative stadı, plural stadlar) nonstandard spelling of stat