Polyglot Dictionary

Nebenstraße

/ˈneːbn̩ˌʃtʁaːsə/

die noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Nebenstraßen

Meaning

  1. side street

    Built from neben (next to) + Straße (street).

    • Wir fuhren durch Nebenstraßen.

      We drove through side streets.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • neben next to
  • Straße street

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

travessa

travessa is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "side street."

Practice

1 What does Nebenstraße mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wir fuhren durch ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Nebenstraße?

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