Queue

== German == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French queue. Doublet of Koda/Coda. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /køː/ Homophone: Kö ==== Noun ==== Queue m or n (strong, genitive Queues, plural Queues) (billiards, snooker, pool) cue ===== Usage notes ===== Originally neuter. Now predominantly masculine in Germany. ===== Declension ===== ==== Noun ==== Queue f (genitive Queue, plural Queues) (military, archaic) the end of a column of troops ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English queue, from the French in etymology 1. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kjuː/ ==== Noun ==== Queue f (genitive Queue, plural Queues) (computing) queue (waiting list, e.g. of tasks to be done) ===== Usage notes ===== Queue is one of a small number of German nouns which can or historically could have all three genders; see the appendix. ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === “Queue”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Queue (Billardstock), n/m” in Duden online “Queue (Warteschlange/Schwanz), f” in Duden online