A2Vocabulary

Gasse

In German

Gasse

GAS-seh
🇬🇧 English
🇪🇸 Español
🇮🇹 Italiano

Don't Get Confused!

Looks like
Gas
In English means: "A compressible fluid (e.g., natural gas); fuel"
Actually means
Gasse
Alley, lane
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Memory Tip
A German 'Gasse' is a narrow 'alleyway', not a flammable 'gas'. You walk down a 'Gasse', you don't breathe it!

Example Sentences

1

Wir gingen durch eine enge Gasse.

We walked through a narrow alley.

2

Die Gasse war dunkel und leer.

The lane was dark and empty.

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