Jump to content

Mittelstadt

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from German Mittelstädt.

Proper noun

[edit]

Mittelstadt (plural Mittelstadts)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

[edit]
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Mittelstadt is the 25989th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 944 individuals. Mittelstadt is most common among White (95.97%) individuals.

Further reading

[edit]

German

[edit]
German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Etymology

[edit]

From mittel (medium) +‎ Stadt (city, town).

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪtl̩ˌʃtat/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Mit‧tel‧stadt

Noun

[edit]

Mittelstadt f (genitive Mittelstadt, plural Mittelstädte)

  1. medium-sized city (in Germany, specifically a city of 20,000–100,000 inhabitants)
    • 2023 June 13, Kersten Augustin, “FDP-Bürgermeister für Tempolimit: Voll am Limit”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
      Die Mehrheit der Deutschen lebt in Klein- und Mittelstädten wie Springe: Mit einem Regionalbahnhof, von dem man in die nächste Großstadt kommt.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

[edit]

See also

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]