Landstraße

country road

noun LAHNT-shtrah-se Less Common

Also means

rural highway

Usage Note

Landstraße is a rural road connecting towns, slower than an Autobahn but a main route. The legal speed limit auf der Landstraße is generally 100 km/h for cars in Germany.

Examples

"Wir fuhren lieber über die Landstraße als über die Autobahn."

Natural Translation

We preferred to drive along the country road rather than the motorway.

Literal Translation

We drove rather over the country-road than over the motorway.

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