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How to Say ‘Drive via Friedrichstraße’ in German

Über die Friedrichstraße fahren

UE-ber dee FREED-rikh-shtrah-seh FAH-ren

[UE-ber dee FREED-rikh-shtrah-seh FAH-ren]

💬 Usage Tip: Use über plus a place to say which way you go: über Köln fahren "to go via Cologne". It's the standard way to name a route.

Phrase Breakdown

Über die Friedrichstraße

UE-ber dee FREED-rikh-shtrah-seh

via Friedrichstraße

'über' + place = via. 'Friedrichstraße' is a compound: 'FREED-rich-shtrah-se'. 'ß' sounds like 's', and 'st' at the start of 'straße' sounds like 'sht'.

Example

Wir gehen über die Brücke.

We're walking across the bridge.

Words in this phrase

Über

[UE-ber]

via / by way of

Used with routes: travelling through a place.

Example

Wir fahren über Berlin.

We're going via Berlin.

die

[dee]

the

Definite article used to specify something already known.

Example

Die Katze ist süß.

The cat is cute.

Friedrichstraße

[FREED-rikh-shtrah-seh]

Friedrich Street

A street name; 'Straße' means street.

Example

Das Hotel liegt in der Friedrichstraße.

The hotel is on Friedrich Street.

fahren

[FAH-ren]

drive / go

To travel by vehicle.

Example

Wir fahren mit dem Taxi.

We're going by taxi.

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