Stadt, f., ‘city, town,’ from MidHG. stat, f., ‘place, situation, spot, locality, town,’ OLG. stat, f., ‘place, spot.’ Prop. identical with Statt and Stätte (the meaning ‘town’ was first developed in the MidHG. period; the earlier term was Burg, OHG. and MidHG. burc, f.). See Statt.