Statt

See also: statt and stått

German

Etymology

A mere orthographic variant of Stadt (“city”). Doublet of Stätte and Stadt. Cognate with English stead.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtat/
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

Statt f (genitive Statt, no plural)

1. (literary, obsolescent) abode, stead, place

Usage notes

• The word is now obsolete outside of compounds and the rare expression bleibende Statt (“lasting abode”). Most compounds with -statt are either archaic or have a more common variant with -stätte. The main exception is Werkstatt (“workshop”). All such compounds, moreover, now form the plural with -stätten. The older plural -stätte is obsolete (see citations page for examples).
• Until the 1996 spelling reform, Statt was also used in expressions like an meiner Statt (“in my stead, instead of me”). This spelling is still found, but the standard form is now an meiner statt, where statt is interpreted as a postpositioned use of the preposition statt (“instead”).

Declension

Declension of Statt [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Statt
genitive	einer	der	Statt
dative	einer	der	Statt
accusative	eine	die	Statt

Derived terms

• anstatt
• Bettstatt
• Schlafstatt
• statt
• stattfinden
• Walstatt
• Werkstatt

Further reading

• “Statt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Statt” in Duden online