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Fußweg

footpath, footway

noun FOOS-vek Rare
Travel & Places Directions

Also means

distance walkable on foot

Usage Note

Fußweg can mean a dedicated footpath (for pedestrians only) or the distance expressed as walking time: fünf Minuten Fußweg (five minutes on foot). The latter sense is extremely common in everyday speech when giving directions or describing a location.

Examples

"Das Hotel ist nur zehn Minuten Fußweg vom Bahnhof entfernt."

Natural Translation

The hotel is only ten minutes on foot from the station.

Literal Translation

The hotel is only ten minutes footway from the station away.

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