Staat

See also: staat

German

From Middle Low German stāt, from Middle Dutch staet, probably via Old French estat from Latin stātus. The semantic development was influenced by cognate modern French état.

Staat m (genitive Staats or Staates, plural Staaten)

country; state (sovereign political entity)
state; authorities (the political and administrative system of such an entity)
- 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 253:
  Immer wieder hören wir die Frage von Personen, denen die Gedankenwelt des Anarchismus nicht vertraut ist: Was wollt ihr eigentlich? Wie stellt ihr euch eine Gesellschaft ohne Staat und Obrigkeit vor?
  Again and again we hear the question from people who are not familiar with the world of ideas of anarchism: What do you actually want? How do you imagine a society without state and authorities?
state (non-sovereign territory in some countries, including the United States)
(archaic) entourage of a sovereign or prince
(dated) fine appearance; fine clothing
Sonntagsstaat — Sunday best

Declension of Staat

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Terms derived from Staat

Agrarstaat (“agrarian state, agricultural country”)
Aloha-Staat (“(nickname) Hawaii”)
Ameisenstaat (“ant colony, colony of ants”)
Ananas-Staat (“Pineapple State, (nickname) Hawaii”)
Bundesstaat (“federal state, federation; a state which is part of a federation”)
Gliedstaat (“member state of a federal government”)
Industriestaat (“industrialized country”)
Inselstaat (“island state”)
Mitgliedsstaat (“member state”)
Polizeistaat (“police state”)
Rechtsstaat (“constitutional state”)
Schnüffelstaat (“surveillance state”)
Schurkenstaat (“rogue state”)
Sonntagsstaat (“Sunday best”)
staatähnlich (“statelike”)
staatenbildend (“social”) (of insects)
Staatenbildung (“state building, nation building”)
staatenlos (“stateless”, adjective)
staatlich (“belonging or referring to the state”, adjective)
Staatsangehörige (“national, citizen, national subject (female)”)
Staatsangehöriger (“national, citizen, national subject”)
Staatsangehörigkeit (“nationality, citizenship”)
Staatsanleihe (“government bond, state bond, sovereign bond”)
Staatsanwalt (“prosecutor”)
Staatsanwältin (“prosecutor (female)”)
Staatsbesitz (“government property; state ownership / public ownership”)
Staatsbesuch (“state visit”)

Staatsbürger (“citizen, subject, national”)
Staatsbürgerin (“citizen (female)”)
Staatsfrau (“stateswoman”)
Staatsführung (“state leadership, leadership of a state; governance, type of governance”)
Staatsgebiet (“national territory”)
staatsgefährdend (“subversive”)
Staatskanzlei (“state chancellery”)
Staatskanzler (“chancellor (of state)”)
Staatskanzlerin (“chancellor (of state) female”)
Staatskasse (“coffers (of the state)”)
Staatskirche (“state church, established church”)
Staatsmann (“statesman”)
Staatsminister (“minister of state”)
Staatsministerin (“minister of state (female)”)
Staatspräsident (“president”) (head of state)
Staatspräsidentin
Staatsräson (“national interest”)
Staatsregierung (“state government”)
Staatssekretär (“Secretary of State”)
Staatssekretärin (“Secretary of State (female)”)
Staatssicherheit (“(Ministry for) State Security”)
Staatsstreich (“coup d'état”)
staatstragend (“supportive of the state”)
Vereinigte Staaten (“United States”)
verstaatlichen (“to nationalize, socialize”)
Wohlfahrtsstaat (“welfare state”)