Stau
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See also: stau
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Stau m (strong, genitive Staus, plural Staus or (chiefly for “weirs”) Staue)
- congestion, stagnancy of water or anything dammed or otherwise backed-up
- (especially) Short for Verkehrsstau (“traffic jam”).
- (specialist) weir
- Synonyms: Wehr, Stauwehr, Stauwerk, Stauanlage
Declension[edit]
Declension of Stau [masculine, strong]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Stau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Stau” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Stau” in Duden online
Luxembourgish[edit]
Noun[edit]
Stau m (plural Stauen)
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