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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stad

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables
stad
IPA
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

town, village

name

A municipality of Vestland, Norway.

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *steh₂-, -, stad, stat, *stadiz, *stéh₂tis

Inflected Forms

stads (plural)

Questions

What does stad mean?
town, village
Where does stad come from?
It is traced to Afrikaans.

How to pronounce stad

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