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Dwarse weg

English translation: side street


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Dutch term or phrase:Dwarse weg
English translation:side street
Entered by: Sanmar
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11:20 Jan 12, 2007
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Dutch term or phrase: Dwarse weg
Ik denk dat dit Vlaams is. Is dit hetzelfde als 'crossroads'? De zin luidt: boordsteen thv dwarse weg is onvoldoende gekarteerd.
Sanmar
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:58
side street
Explanation:
Yes it is Flemish and this website provides a diagram that shows that a a dwarse weg is a side street. http://www.gisvlaanderen.be/gis/downloads/GRB/mldw050727av3_...

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Note added at 20 mins (2007-01-12 11:40:50 GMT)
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By the way the boordsteen is also mentioned in this PDF and is a 'kerbstone'

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Note added at 24 mins (2007-01-12 11:45:32 GMT)
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My excuses the boordsteen is the pavement - the randsteen is the kerb.
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Kate Hudson
Netherlands
Local time: 13:58
Grading comment
Bedankt!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6side street
Kate Hudson
4T-junctionCJG
3 +1crossroad
vic voskuil


  

Answers


20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
crossroad


Explanation:
probably no different than a dwarsweg, which is simply a road going off the (main) road.

vic voskuil
Netherlands
Local time: 13:58
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof: If it's a country road.
6 hrs
  -> dank je Tina!
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
side street


Explanation:
Yes it is Flemish and this website provides a diagram that shows that a a dwarse weg is a side street. http://www.gisvlaanderen.be/gis/downloads/GRB/mldw050727av3_...

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Note added at 20 mins (2007-01-12 11:40:50 GMT)
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By the way the boordsteen is also mentioned in this PDF and is a 'kerbstone'

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Note added at 24 mins (2007-01-12 11:45:32 GMT)
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My excuses the boordsteen is the pavement - the randsteen is the kerb.

Kate Hudson
Netherlands
Local time: 13:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 89
Grading comment
Bedankt!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  vic voskuil: same thing :)// well, yes, but that´s not what i gave as an answer, is it;) (i do prefer your side street though)
1 min
  -> A crossraods usually involves more than 2 streets meeting
agree  Saskia Steur
49 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Anne Lee
1 hr
  -> Thanks
agree  Ken Cox: nice ref!
2 hrs
  -> Thanks - i liked the reference too - especially the footer to the document
agree  Tina Vonhof: It it's a city street.
6 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Alice Saunders: you're right. Again!
1 day56 mins
  -> Thanks
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
T-junction


Explanation:
This could be used either as a minor road joining the road, or to indicate that the driver is approaching a junction of a larger road crossing it.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-01-12 14:21:37 GMT)
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You could also merely use 'junction' - see road signs illustrated in highway code on http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/signs05.htm

CJG
Netherlands
Local time: 13:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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