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Bavarian
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)
- street; road (a way wide enough to be passable for vehicles, generally paved, in or outside a settlement)
- carriageway (the part of a road or street used by vehicles, excluding the pavement, etc.)
- 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)
- strait
Etymology 3
Possibly a phono-semantic matching of English straight.
Noun
Stråßn f (plural Stråßn)
- (card games, dice games) straight