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

• Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “štros/štroz/štrus/štruz”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik, Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 775
• Justus van de Kamp et al., “שטראָז” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].