Polyglot Dictionary

Staat

/ʃtaːt/

der noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Staaten

Meaning

  1. state, country (as a political entity)

    • Deutschland ist ein demokratischer Staat.

      Germany is a democratic state.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Land

Staat (state) emphasises the formal political entity — its government and institutions. Land is the everyday word, and can also simply mean "countryside" with no political sense at all.

Practice

1 What does Staat mean?

2 Fill the gap: Deutschland ist ein demokratischer ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Staat?

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