hovetstat

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From hôvet (“head”) +‎ stat (“place, town”).

Noun

hôvetstat f

the most prominent town or city in a region

Inflection

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Alternative forms

hôoftstat
hôoftstēde
hôvetstēde

Descendants

Dutch: hoofdstad
- Afrikaans: hoofstad
Limburgish: houfstad, höjdjstad

Further reading

“hovetstat, -stede”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
“hovetstede”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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