שטראָז

Yiddish

Alternative forms

  • שטראָס (shtros), שטרוס (shtrus), שטרוז (shtruz)

Etymology

Most likely cognate with German Straße f. If so, inherited from Middle High German strāze, from Old High German strāza, from Proto-West Germanic *strātu, from Latin strata.

The unexpected masculine gender may be due to conflation with other masculine nouns also descending from a Middle High German form ending in -e, such as האָז m (hoz), from Middle High German hase.

Noun

שטראָז • (shtroz) m, plural שטראָזן (shtrozn)

  1. street, roadway
    Synonym: גאַס (gas)
  2. motorway, highway
    Synonyms: שאָסיי (shosey), אויטאָסטראַט (oytostrat)

References

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