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First attested as jägerstraet in 1766. Derived from straat (“street, road”).

See also Limburgish Sjtraot.

• IPA(key): /straːt/
• Hyphenation: Straat
• Rhymes: -aːt
• Homophone: straat

Straat n

1. a hamlet in Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

East Central German

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From Middle High German strīt, from Old High German strīt. Compare German Streit.

Straat m

1. (Erzgebirgisch) quarrel, dispute, fight, argument
2. (archaic, Erzgebirgisch) fight, battle

• Pfarrer Wild'sche und einige andre Gedichte, P. 17
• Stråte (New Saxon Spelling)
• Straote (Westphalian)

From Middle Low German strâte, from Old Saxon strāta, from Proto-West Germanic *strātu, from Latin strāta.

Straat f (plural Straten) (German Low German)

1. street

• struat (Föhr-Amrum)
• stroote (Mooring)

From Middle Low German strâte, from Old Saxon strāta, from Proto-West Germanic *strātu, from Latin strāta. Compare with Old Frisian strēte, whence Saterland Frisian Sträite, West Frisian strjitte.

• (Sylt) IPA(key): [stroːt]

Straat m or f (plural Strooten)

1. (Sylt) street