snelweg
Appearance
Dutch
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State Highway 8 is the freeway from the Coenplein at the northern rim of Amsterdam towards Westzaan.
Etymology
[edit]Compound of snel (“fast”) + weg (“way”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]snelweg m (plural snelwegen, diminutive snelwegje n)
- highway (major thoroughfare road)
- Hyponyms: autosnelweg, fietssnelweg
Usage notes
[edit]- Mostly used to refer to a car highway (autosnelweg), but also used of bicycle highways (fietssnelweg).
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: snelweg
