Noun
der Staat
Pronunciation: /ʃtaːt/
country, state (politically constituted legal person wielding absolute power of a population and territory)
The German noun Staat means country, state in English.
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plural Staaten
All meanings of Staat
Noun
- country, state (politically constituted legal person wielding absolute power of a population and territory)
- state/government, authorities (the entire political and administrative system of such an entity)
Staat in a German sentence
Welchen Eindruck haben Sie von den Vereinigten Staaten?
What impression do you have of the United States?
Forms of Staat
singular
der Staat
plural
die Staaten
Staat in the four cases
Singular
Nominativeder Staat
Accusativeden Staaten
Dativedem Staaten
Genitivedes Staaten
Plural
Nominativedie Staaten
Accusativedie Staaten
Dativeden Staaten
Genitiveder Staaten
Staat is a weak masculine noun: every case except the nominative singular takes the same ending.