Gracht

The word gracht (Dutch pronunciation: [ɣrɑxt]) (plural: grachten) is a Dutch term that is encountered by English-speaking people when confronted with Dutch art (e.g. 17th-century town-views of grachten), Dutch history (Anne Frank House on the Prinsengracht) or tourism (boating tours on the grachten of Amsterdam). The word is almost untranslatable; for that reason the following terms kanaal, vaart, gracht and singel will be discussed here first.

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A kanaal (canal) is a manmade water course, usually in the countryside, irrespective of whether it has streets along its banks.

A vaart is a canal essentially used for transport rather than, for instance, drainage. Usually in the country-side.

A gracht (city-canal) is a waterway in the city with streets on both sides of the water. The streets are lined with houses, often in a closed front. (In rare exceptions there is only one street, where on the other side of the waterway the houses border on the water; see the photograph "Example of half a gracht".)

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