No. 175 in Dutch
stad
City.
In a sentence
De stad Amsterdam is de hoofdstad van Nederland.
The city of Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands.
'Stad' is used here as a generic noun to refer to a specific city.
In de stad zijn veel musea en cafés te bezoeken.
In the city, there are many museums and cafés to visit.
'Stad' is used here to indicate an urban area with various attractions.
Mijn favoriete plek in de stad is het park naast de fontein.
My favorite place in the city is the park next to the fountain.
'Stad' is used to denote a specific city that is the context for the sentence.
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