sztetl

Polish
sztetl

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish שטעטל (shtetl, “small town, village”), from שטאָט (shtot, “city”), from Old High German stat, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʂtɛtl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛtl
  • Syllabification: sztetl

Noun

sztetl m inan

  1. (historical) shtetl (Jewish village or small town)

Declension
Declension of sztetl
singular plural
nominative sztetl sztetle
genitive sztetlu sztetli
dative sztetlowi sztetlom
accusative sztetl sztetle
instrumental sztetlem sztetlami
locative sztetlu sztetlach
vocative sztetlu sztetle

Further reading
  • sztetl in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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