Meeresstraße

German

Alternative forms

  • Meeresstrasse (Switzerland and Liechtenstein)

Etymology

Meer + -es- + Straße

Pronunciation

  • (Standard German) IPA(key): [ˈmeː.ʀəs.ˌʃtʀaː.sə]

Noun

Meeresstraße f (genitive Meeresstraße, plural Meeresstraßen)

  1. (geography) strait; narrow channel of water connecting to bigger bodies of water
    • 1955, Wolfgang Pickert, Vom Kuban-Brückenkopf bis Sewastopol: Flakartillerie im Verband der 17. Armee. Die Wehrmacht im Kampf Band 7
      Die Krim wird an ihrem Ostteil, der Halbinsel Kertsch, durch die Meeresstraße von Kertsch begrenzt.
      Crimea is being limited to its eastern part, the pensinula of Kerch, through the strait of Kerch.
  2. (nautical) waterway; a navigable body of water such as a river, channel or canal

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References

Meeresstraße in Duden online

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