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Stau

[ʃtaʊ̯]

Substantiv

LanguageGerman (Germany)

Meaning
  1. congestion, stagnancy of water or anything dammed or otherwise backed-up
  2. ellipsis of Verkehrsstau (“traffic jam”)
  3. weir
  4. traffic jam
Examples

Wir stehen seit einer Stunde im Stau.

We have been in a traffic jam for an hour.

Pronunciationʃtaʊ̯

Part of speechSubstantiv

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.