Feminine
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stad
- (feminine) city, town
- (feminine) the town/city centre
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/stɑt/
Etymology
In summary
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.
Related words
wereldstad
moederstad
grote stad
lokaliteit
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