# die Straße

die Straße is a German noun meaning “street”. Forms: der Straße, die Straßen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Straße
- Plural: die Straßen

## In other languages

- Русский: улица
- Українська: дорога, шосе

## Meanings

1. street; road (a way wide enough to be passable for vehicles, generally paved, in or outside a settlement)
   - Das Kind überquerte die Straße. — The child crossed the street.
2. carriageway (the part of a road or street used by vehicles, excluding the pavement, etc.)
3. _figurative_ public, any area accessible to anyone
4. _figurative_ general public, using the locale to describe people not part of a specific group
5. the streets, areas or groups of people of no income or criminal affiliation, or the leading of a life associated with these
6. strait (channel of water)
7. straight
8. _geography_ strait; sound
   - Die Straße von Gibraltar ist eine stark befahrene Meerenge.

## Examples

- Er ging die Straße auf und ab. — He walked up and down the street.
- Auf der Straße wimmelt es von Leuten. — The street was teeming with people.
- Das ist die längste Straße der Stadt. — This is the city's longest street.
- Manchmal sehe ich ihn auf der Straße. — I sometimes see him on the street.
- Ich habe das auf der Straße gefunden. — I found it on the street.

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Sources: Meanings and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
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