Stau
noun · /ʃtaʊ̯/ ·Etymology
18th century, from Low German Stau, from Middle Low German stouw, stouwe (“weir”), probably a back-formation from stouwen (“to stop, dam”), from Old Saxon *stōwa, from Proto-West Germanic *stōu, ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *stōō (“place”). Cognate with Dutch stuw. Alternatively the Dutch and Low German forms could be inherited from the Germanic noun (like English stow), but the sense makes a new deverbal derivation more likely.
Translation
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congestion, stagnancy of water or anything dammed or otherwise backed-up
masculine, strong
Ein Stau während des Berufsverkehrs verzögerte meine Ankunft um zwei Stunden.
A rush-hour traffic jam delayed my arrival by two hours.
Ich hatte nicht mit einem so starken Stau gerechnet.
I hadn't bargained on such a heavy traffic jam.
Ich schob die Lieferverzögerung auf einen Stau zurück.
I attributed the delay in delivery to a traffic jam.
- orographic lift source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
- congestion source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
- tailback ; traffic backup source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en
- ellipsis of Verkehrsstau (“traffic jam”) abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, especially, masculine, strong
- weir masculine, strong
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Stau | Staus |
| Accusative | Stau | Staus |
| Dative | Stau | Staus |
| Genitive | Staus | Staus |