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How to Say ‘Onto the street’ in German

Zur Straße

tsoor SHTRAH-seh

[tsoor SHTRAH-seh]

💬 Usage Tip: zur is short for zu der. With masculine and neuter nouns it becomes zum, as in zum Hof "to the courtyard".

Phrase Breakdown

Zur

[tsoor]

to the

Contraction of zu der, part of the phrase Fahr zur Hölle!.

Example

Fahr zur Hölle, ich rede nicht mehr mit dir!

Go to hell, I'm not talking to you anymore!

Straße

[SHTRAH-seh]

street

A public road in a city or town.

Example

Die Kinder spielen auf der Straße.

The children play on the street.

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