🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Kreuzung

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kroy-tsung

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Crossroad/ˈkrɔːs.roʊd/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"An der Kreuzung musste sie eine Richtung wählen."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A place where two or more roads meet or cross each other.

    "At the crossroad, she had to decide which direction to take."
  2. 2

    A point of decision or choice in life.

    "He found himself at a crossroad, contemplating his future."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'crossroad' originates from the Old English 'cros' meaning 'cross' and 'road', which has roots in the Proto-Germanic 'rauda', referring to a way or path. The concept evolved through Middle English, where it came to signify a point where roads intersect, symbolizing choices and decisions.

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