stad – Dutch noun declension

Dutch noun forms of stad

Noun: stad
Gender: Feminine Hyphenation:
Sg.stad
Pl.steden

Sample Sentences

  • 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.)
  • 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.)

Etymology

1. 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.
2. The plural has preserved the old Germanic umlaut in a morphological function, a rarity in Dutch. Several derived terms have umlaut as well.

Verbs referencing "stad"

English Nouns stead, English Nouns stad, Old Norse Nouns staðr.

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