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junction
The place where a street or path joins another, usually larger, road. In a figurative sense, also the place where a river flows into another river or body of water.
An der nächsten Einmündung müssen Sie links abbiegen.
At the next junction, you need to turn left.
The noun 'die Einmündung' (junction) is derived from the verb 'einmünden' (to flow into / to join). The verb means 'to flow into something' or 'to empty into something,' which explains the meaning of the place where things come together.
Der kleine Bach mündet hier in den großen Fluss ein.
The small stream flows into the large river here.
In the context of roads, the preposition 'an' with the dative is often used to describe position. The typical phrase is 'an der Einmündung' (at the junction).
An der Einmündung steht eine Ampel.
There is a traffic light at the junction.
The word is mainly used in two areas: in road traffic for the meeting of roads, and in geography for the confluence of rivers or bodies of water.
Vorsicht, die Einmündung ist schwer einsehbar.
Careful, the junction is hard to see into.
intersection / crossing
Die Kreuzung and die Einmündung both refer to a place where roads or paths meet. At a Kreuzung, roads meet or cross, while at an Einmündung, one road joins another, usually larger, road. The direction of travel and the way the roads meet are decisive.
An der Einmündung mündet die Seitenstraße in die Hauptstraße.
At the junction, the side street joins the main road.
An der Kreuzung treffen sich die Hauptstraße und die Seitenstraße.
The main road and the side street meet at the intersection.
