Status

See also: status, Statūs, statūs, and státus

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin status. Doublet of Staat.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtaːtʊs/ (common)
  • IPA(key): /ˈstaːtʊs/ (chiefly learned variant; singular or plural)
  • IPA(key): /ˈstaːˌtuːs/ (learned variant for the plural)
  • Audio(file)

Noun

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  1. status (standing)
  2. status (notification in social networking)
  3. state (situation)

Usage notes
  • The traditional plural is Status (rarely spelled Statūs), but Statusse is more common in speech and also readily attestable in edited texts. In the context of social networking, Statusse seems even strongly predominant.

Declension

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Further reading
  • “Status” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Status” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Status” in Duden online
  • Status on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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