staat

• IPA^(key): /stɑːt/

From Dutch staat (noun).

staat (plural state)

1. state (nation)
2. state (subdivision of a nation)
3. state (condition)

From Dutch staat, third-person singular present of staan, whence Afrikaans staan.

staat (present staat, present participle staande, past participle gestaat)

1. (Cape Afrikaans) alternative form of staan

• IPA^(key): /staːt/

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• Hyphenation: staat
• Rhymes: -aːt

From Middle Dutch staet, from Latin status. The sense for a political entity derives from Middle French état, from Old French estat, from the Latin. The sense "plantation" is a semantic loan from English estate.

staat m (plural staten, diminutive staatje n)

1. state (political entity)
2. state, condition, status
3. table, list, chart
4. (Suriname, obsolete) plantation

• Afrikaans: staat
• → Indonesian: setat
• → Papiamentu: staat (dated)
• → Peranakan Indonesian: staat

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

staat

1. inflection of staan:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

Derived from English start.

• IPA^(key): /staːt/

staat

1. to start, to begin
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Revilieshan 1:17:

     Wen mi si di man, mi fling dong miself a im fut an no muuv — laik se mi ded. Den im chrech out im rait an, an toch mi an se tu mi se, “No bada fried. Mi a di fos an mi a di laas — evriting staat wid mi, an evriting don wid mi.

     When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, "Fear not, I am the first and the last,

     (literally, “When I saw the man, I threw myself at his feet and he touched me and said to me "Don't be afraid. I am the first and the last. Everything started with me and everything will finish with me"”)

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Borrowed from Dutch staat.

staat

1. state (political entity)

   Synonym: negri