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From Middle English sted, stede (noun) and steden (verb), from Old English stede, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh2tis (“standing, location”). Doublet of stad. cognates and related terms Cognate with Scots steid (“location, place”), North Frisian Stair, Stat, steed, stää (“city, town; place, stead”), Saterland Frisian Steede (“place, stead”), Stääd (“city, town”), West Frisian stêd (“city, town”), Bavarian Stådt (“city, town”), Dutch stad, stede (“city, town”), German Stadt (“city, town”), Statt (“abode, place, stead”), Stätte (“place, spot, venue”), German Low German Stee (“location, place”), Luxembourgish Stad (“city, town”), Vilamovian śtaod (“city, town”), Yiddish שטאָט (shtot, “city, town”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål stad (“city, town”), sted (“place”), Faroese stað (“place”), staður (“location, place; town”), Icelandic staður (“location, place”), Norn sta (“domicile, farm”), Norwegian Nynorsk stad (“place; city, town”), Swedish stad, stadh, stedt (“city, town”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 (staþs, “location, place”). See the doublet stasis.

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69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: místo — a place, or spot, in general
• Danish: sted — a place, or spot, in general
• Finnish: sija — a place, or spot, in general
• Finnish: tila — a place, or spot, in general
• French: lieu — a place, or spot, in general
• Saterland Frisian: Steede — a place, or spot, in general
• German: Stätte — a place, or spot, in general
• Bavarian German: Stod — a place, or spot, in general
• Central Franconian: Shtadt — a place, or spot, in general
• Swabian: Stôdt — a place, or spot, in general
• Swabian: Sdadd — a place, or spot, in general
• Greek: μέρος (méros) — a place, or spot, in general
• Icelandic: staður — a place, or spot, in general
• Low German: Stidde — a place, or spot, in general
• Middle English: stede — a place, or spot, in general
• Occitan: lòc — a place, or spot, in general
• Portuguese: local — a place, or spot, in general
• Romanian: loc — a place, or spot, in general
• Russian: ме́сто (mésto) — a place, or spot, in general
• Ottoman Turkish: مكان (mekân) — a place, or spot, in general
• German: statt — the position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor
• Bavarian German: Stod — the position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor
• Central Franconian: Shtadt — the position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor
• Swabian: Stôdt — the position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor
• Swabian: Sdadd — the position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor
• Low German: Stidde — the position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor
• Middle English: stede — the position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor
• Mongolian: орон (oron) — the position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor
• German: Statt — a frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead
• German: Gestell — a frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead
• Bavarian German: Stod — a frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead
• Central Franconian: Shtadt — a frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead
• Swabian: Stôdt — a frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead
• Swabian: Sdadd — a frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead
• Low German: Stidde — a frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead
• Middle English: stede — a frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead
• Occitan: arcalièch — a frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead
• Occitan: cadalièch — a frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead
• Finnish: tila — an estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead
• Saterland Frisian: Steede — an estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead
• West-Frisian: stêd — an estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead
• German: Stadt — an estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead
• German: Stätte — an estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead
• German: Gehöft — an estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead
• German: Stelle — an estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead
• Bavarian German: Stod — an estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead
• Central Franconian: Shtadt — an estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead
• Swabian: Stôdt — an estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead
• Swabian: Sdadd — an estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead
• Icelandic: staður — an estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead
• Icelandic: bær — an estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead
• Low German: Stidde — an estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead
• Middle English: stede — an estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead
• Russian: фе́рма (férma) — an estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead
• Swedish: stad — an estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead
• Yiddish: שטאָט (shtot) — an estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead
• Czech: prospět — to help; to support; to benefit; to assist
• Czech: pomoci — to help; to support; to benefit; to assist
• Finnish: auttaa — to help; to support; to benefit; to assist
• German: helfen — to help; to support; to benefit; to assist
• Indonesian: menolong — to help; to support; to benefit; to assist
• Indonesian: membantu — to help; to support; to benefit; to assist
• Indonesian: mendukung — to help; to support; to benefit; to assist
• Romanian: ajuta — to help; to support; to benefit; to assist
• Romanian: sprijini — to help; to support; to benefit; to assist
• Russian: помога́ть (pomogátʹ) — to help; to support; to benefit; to assist
• Russian: соде́йствовать (sodéjstvovatʹ) — to help; to support; to benefit; to assist
• Russian: быть поле́зным (bytʹ poléznym) — to help; to support; to benefit; to assist
• German: ersetzen — to fill place of