"Weg" is the German equivalent of "Way". Someone evidently decided to use the German term, since the street was named after a German flower. The edelweiss is a flower native to the Alps (not just in Germany), and English adopted the German name for the flower.
If you ever saw "The Sound of Music", the Trapp Family Singers won the music competition by singing about the edelweiss. On May 29, 2014 6:34:48 PM CDT, Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> wrote: > I need help with a street name. In Leavenworth, WA there is a street > named > "Edelweiss Weg" that I want to add. Is Weg an abbreviation for > something? > It will be tagged highway=service service=alley. Google translate > doesn't > help. > > If it is an abbreviation, should it be expanded as we usually do? > > Thanks from someone with a language deficit. > > @osm_seattle > osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us > OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
