🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Wohnstätte

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈvoːnˌʃtɛtə/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Habitation/ˌhæb.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Höhle diente den frühen Menschen als Wohnstätte."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of inhabiting or the state of being inhabited.

    "The remote island showed no signs of human habitation."
  2. 2

    A place in which to live; a dwelling, house, or home.

    "They converted the old barn into a comfortable human habitation."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'habitatio', meaning a dwelling or place of abode, stemming from the verb 'habitare' (to inhabit or dwell). It entered Middle English via Old French in the 14th century, retaining its core meaning related to living in or occupying a particular place.

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