שטאָט

See also: שטאַט‎ and שטאט‎

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German stat, from Old High German stat, from Proto-West Germanic *stadi, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis.

Pronunciation

(YIVO, Northern Yiddish) IPA^(key): [ʃtɔt]
(Southern Yiddish) IPA^(key): [ʃtut]

Noun

שטאָט • (shtot) f, plural שטעט‎ (shtet), diminutive שטעטל‎ (shtetl) or שטעטעלע‎ (shtetele)

city, (large) town

Coordinate terms

דאָרף‎ (dorf, “village”)
דערפֿל‎ (derfl, “small village”)
שטעטל‎ (shtetl, “small town, townlet”)

See also

לאַנד‎ (land)

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