Stadt
German, noun/ʃtat/
Stadt is spelled S-T-A-D-T (5 letters) and appears 457 times per million words in written German, the 206th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stadt is a German feminine noun meaning “city (a large settlement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “meist größere, zivile, zentralisierte, abgegrenzte, häufig und oft historisch mit Stadtrechten ausgestattete…”.
What does Stadt mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecity (a large settlement)
- 2
femininetown (a settlement larger than a village)
- 3
femininecity center (a central business area of a city)
- 4
femininecity, town, town council, city council (a governing body of people elected to oversee management of a municipality)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. meist größere, zivile, zentralisierte, abgegrenzte, häufig und oft historisch mit Stadtrechten ausgestattete Siedlung 2. die Bevölkerung einer Stadt^([1]) 3. Verwaltung, Regierung einer Stadt^([1]) 4. wirtschaftliches oder kulturelles Zentrum einer Stadt^([1])
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Stadt
- Städte plural
- Städtchen diminutive neuter
- Städtlein diminutive neuter
- Städten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Stadt?
- /ʃtat/
- [ʃtat]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Stadt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Stadt in German?
Stadt appears 457 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).