Definition
A public road in a town or city for vehicles and people.
Translations
- English
- street
- Français
- rue
- Türkçe
- sokak
- Polski
- ulica
- Русский
- улица
- Українська
- вулиця
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Straße
- A1
- Noun
- City & Places
- Travel & Transport
street
/diː ˈʃtʁaːsə/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Straßen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Topics
- City & PlacesPrimaryTravel & Transport
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Unsere Straße ist sehr ruhig.NominativSing.Our street is very quiet.
- Wir gehen über die Straße.AkkusativSing.We cross the street.
- An der Straße stehen viele Häuser.DativSing.There are many houses along the street.
- Am Ende der Straße ist ein Supermarkt.GenitivSing.There is a supermarket at the end of the street.
- Die Straßen sind heute voll.NominativPlur.The streets are busy today.
- Die Stadt repariert mehrere Straßen.AkkusativPlur.The city is repairing several streets.
- Auf den Straßen liegt Schnee.DativPlur.There is snow on the streets.
- Die Breite der Straßen ist unterschiedlich.GenitivPlur.The widths of the streets vary.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Straße/ˈʃtʁaːsə/
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Article phrase
die Straße/diː ˈʃtʁaːsə/
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Plural
Straßen/ˈʃtʁaːsn̩/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Straße | die Straßen |
| Akkusativ | die Straße | die Straßen |
| Dativ | der Straße | den Straßen |
| Genitiv | der Straße | der Straßen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Prepositional constructionüber die Straße gehenüber + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionauf der Straßeauf + Dativ
- Sentence patternam Ende der Straße
- Adjective combinationeine enge Straße
- Prepositional constructionan der Straßean + Dativ
- Verb constructiondie Straße überqueren + Akkusativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
No semantic relations have been added for this sense.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Word family
- Straßenverkehr