stad

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noun

town, village

OriginDutch stad ← Middle Dutch stat ← Old Dutch stad →
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Meanings

stad1

nounstad (plural stads)

plural stads

  1. South Africatown, village

Stad2

proper noun
  1. A municipality of Vestland, Norway.

Origin

stad · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*stéh₂tis“standing, position”
  2. Proto-Germanic*stadiz“place”
  3. Old Dutchstad
  4. Middle Dutchstat
  5. Dutchstad“city, town”
  6. Englishstad

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.

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Stad · proper noun

  1. NorwegianStad
  2. EnglishStad

Borrowed from Norwegian Stad.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

stad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stad

MLA

“stad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stad. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stad,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stad.

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