Stråßn

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Bavarian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃd̥rɔːsn̩/
  • Hyphenation: Stråßn

Etymology 1

From Middle High German strāze, from Old High German strāza, from Proto-West Germanic *strātu (street), from Latin (via) strāta.

Noun

Stråßn f (plural Stråßn, diminutive Straßerl)

  1. street; road (a way wide enough to be passable for vehicles, generally paved, in or outside a settlement)
  2. carriageway (the part of a road or street used by vehicles, excluding the pavement, etc.)
  3. the streets, areas or groups of people of no income or criminal affiliation, or the leading of a life associated with these

Etymology 2

Calque of Middle Low German strâte, itself a phono-semantic matching of Middle English streit, from Old French estreit (narrow), from Latin strictus.

Noun

Stråßn f (plural Stråßn)

  1. strait

Etymology 3

Possibly a phono-semantic matching of English straight.

Noun

Stråßn f (plural Stråßn)

  1. (card games, dice games) straight