Luxembourgish

Noun

Stad f ‎(plural Stied)

1. city, town

Breton

Noun

stad m

1. state

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish stath, from Old Norse staðr ‎(“place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stad/, [sd̥að]

Noun

stad c (singular definite staden, plural indefinite stæder)

1. (dated) town, city

Inflection

External links

• stad on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɑt/
• Rhymes: -ɑt

Etymology

From Old Dutch stad, stedi (whence stede, stee), 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.

Noun

stad f ‎(plural steden, diminutive stadje n)

1. city, town
2. the town/city centre

   Ik ben nu in de stad.‎

   I am now in town. I am now in the centre (of town).

   Ik ga de stad in.‎

   I am going into town.

Derived terms

Related terms

• stads
• stadten

Gothic

Romanization

stad

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌳

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish stad, from Latin status, perfect passive participle of stō, stare ‎(“stand, remain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sˠt̪ˠad̪ˠ]

Verb

stad ‎(present analytic stadann, future analytic stadfaidh, verbal noun stad, past participle stadta)

1. stop
   1. halt
   2. cease
   3. stay

Conjugation

Noun

stad m ‎(genitive singular stad, nominative plural stadanna)

1. verbal noun of stad
2. stop
   1. halt, pause
   2. cessation
   3. hindrance
   4. impediment (of speech)
   5. stopping-place, bus or tram stop

Declension

Derived terms

• grianstad ‎(“solstice”)
• stad bus ‎(“bus stop”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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)

1. place
2. city, town
3. situation

Derived terms

• nettstad

Etymology 2

Noun

stad n ‎(definite singular stadet, indefinite plural stad, definite plural stada)

1. river bank

Synonyms

• elvebard

Etymology 3

Short form of av stad.

Adverb

stad

1. away; off

   Han fór stad om morgonen.‎

   He went off in the morning.

Synonyms

• av stad
• av garde

References

• “stad” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Puter) sted
• (Vallader) stà

Etymology

From Latin aestās, aestātem.

Noun

stad m (plural stads)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) summer

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish stad, from Latin status, perfect passive participle of stō, stare ‎(“stand, remain”).

Verb

stad ‎(past stad, future stadaidh, verbal noun stadadh, past participle stadte)

1. stop, halt, pause

Inflection

Noun

stad m ‎(genitive singular stada, plural stadan)^[1]

1. stop
2. pause

Derived terms

• grian-stad
• stad-phuing

References

1. ↑ Bauer, Mìchael. stad in "Am Faclair Beag"

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish staþer, from Old Norse staðr, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɑːd/

Note that when used in compound words (e.g. stadsdel), stads- is pronounced IPA^(key): /stats/.

Noun

stad c

1. city
2. town
3. (dated) stead, place

Declension

Derived terms

References

• stad in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)