No. 1,219 in Dutch
street
The Dutch word "straat" means "street" in English.
In a sentence
De straat is breed en druk.
The street is wide and busy.
Here, 'straat' refers to a physical road or thoroughfare in a city or town.
We wandelen vaak in deze straat in de avond.
We often walk in this street in the evening.
In this sentence, 'straat' describes a specific location where the action takes place.
Een straatnaam kan veel vertellen over een buurt.
A street name can tell a lot about a neighborhood.
The term 'straat' is used to refer to conceptual names assigned to roads.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “street” in actual Dutch podcasts.
Find “street” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Dutch podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into Nederlands, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Dutch books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).