Kreuzesstadt

Kreuzstadt

Kreuz
Etymology

From Middle High German kriuze, from Old High German chruzi, from Latin crux (gen. crucis).

Noun

Kreuz n (genitive Kreuzes, plural Kreuze, diminutive Kreuzchen n)

1. cross
2. (card games) clubs
3. (heraldry) cross
4. (music) sharp

Declension

singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Kreuz die Kreuze
genitive eines des Kreuzes der Kreuze
Kreuz,
dative einem dem den Kreuzen
Kreuze1
accusative ein das Kreuz die Kreuze
1
Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

 Andreaskreuz
 Hakenkreuz
 Holzkreuz
 Keltenkreuz
 Kreuz des Südens

 Malkreuz
 Sühnekreuz
 Taukreuz
 Votivkreuz

 Kreuzkümmel
 Rotes Kreuz/Rote Kreuz
Related terms

 kreuzen
 Kreuzer

Kreuzkümmel
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Kreuzkümmel

Etymology

Kreuz + Kümmel

Noun

Kreuzkümmel m (genitive Kreuzkümmels, plural Kreuzkümmel)

1. cumin

Declension

singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Kreuzkümmel die Kreuzkümmel
genitive eines des Kreuzkümmels der Kreuzkümmel
dative einem dem Kreuzkümmel den Kreuzkümmeln
accusative einen den Kreuzkümmel die Kreuzkümmel

Stadt
German
Etymology

From Middle High German, from Old High German, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-
European *stéh₂tis. Related to English stead, Gothic 𐍃𐍃𐍃𐍃𐍃 (staþs, “place”), Danish and Swedish stad,
Dutch stad, Yiddish ‫( שטאָ ט‬shtot). Originally the same words are Statt and Stätte.

Noun

Stadt f (genitive Stadt, plural Städte, diminutive Städtchen n or Städtlein n)

1. city quotations ▼
2. town
3. (totum pro parte) the city centre

Usage notes

For some speakers, the plural has an irregular lengthening of the stem vowel. See Städte.
Declension

singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Stadt die Städte
genitive einer der Stadt der Städte
dative einer der Stadt den Städten
accusative eine die Stadt die Städte

Derived terms

 Hansestadt f
Etymology Etymology

From Hanse + Stadt. From Middle Low German hanse (“guild;

Hanseatic League”), from Middle High
Noun German hanse (“guild”), from Old High
German hansa (“group; community;
Hansestadt f (genitive Hansestadt, plural guild”), from Proto-Germanic *hansō.
Hansestädte) The general commercial sense of the
word spread northward from southern
1. (historical) Hanseatic city Germany during the Middle Ages. The
specification of the word to the indicated
Declension historic confederation is based on
northern German usage.
singular plural
Noun
indef. def. noun def. noun Hanse f (genitive Hanse, plural Hansen)
1. (historical) a kind of commercial, and
nominative eine die Hansestadt die Hansestädte sometimes military, confederation of
cities in the later Middle Ages; in
genitive einer der Hansestadt der Hansestädte particular the Hanseatic League of
northern Germany
dative einer der Hansestadt den Hansestädten die Deutsche Hanse — the Hanseatic
League
accusative eine die Hansestadt die Hansestädte die Hanse der 17 Städte — the
Hanse of the 17 cities (a similar
confederation in Flanders and
northern France)
2. (by analogy) any similar
confederation based first and
foremost on commercial interests

Declension

singular plural

indef. def. noun def. noun

nominative eine die Hanse die Hansen

genitive einer der Hanse der Hansen

 dative einer der Hanse den Hansen

accusative eine die Hanse die Hansen

 Hauptstadt f
Etymology Etymology

haupt- + Stadt From Haupt (“head”).

Noun Prefix

Hauptstadt f (genitive Hauptstadt, haupt-

plural Hauptstädte)
1. head, chief, main
1. capital (capital city)

 Stadtkreis m
 Stadtleben n
 Stadtluft f
 Stadtmensch m
 Stadtmitte f
 Stadtpark m
 Trabantenstadt f