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stad

noun masculinesubstantiv hankjønn

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt staðr; beslektet med stå (III)to stand · to be, to be situated (of a thing in a place) · to say, to be written (of a text) Old Norse staðr; related to stå (III)to stand · to be, to be situated (of a thing in a place) · to say, to be written (of a text)

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

(større) by a (larger) town
  • reise til staden to travel to the town
as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som forstada suburb, hansastada Hanseatic town, hovedstada capital city, kjøpstada market town

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

den evige stad Roma Rome Eng. phrasethe Eternal City