Feminine

straat

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Om er te geraken moet je de straat oversteken .

To get there, you have to cross the street.

De ruzie tussen de twee
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werd vervolgens uitgevochten op
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straat .

The quarrel between the two was then fought out on the street.

Het gehakt van de beenhouwer in de straat is beter dan het gehakt van de supermarkt .

The minced meat from the butcher in the street is better than the minced meat from the supermarket.

(feminine) street, paved way
(feminine) channel, strait

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/straːt/

Inherited from Middle Dutch

Inherited from Old Dutch

Cognate with German

In summary

From Middle Dutch strâte, from Old Dutch strāta, from Proto-West Germanic *strātu (“street”), from Latin strāta, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to stretch out, extend, spread”). The sense “strait” is a phono-semantic matching of Middle English streit, from Old French estreit, from Latin strictus. Compare German Straße.