Verkehrsstau

== German == === Etymology === From Verkehr (“traffic”) +‎ -s- +‎ Stau (“congestion”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛrˈkeːrsˌʃtaʊ̯/, [fɐˈkeːɐ̯sˌʃtaʊ̯], [fɛɐ̯-], [-ˈkɛɐ̯s-] === Noun === Verkehrsstau m (strong, genitive Verkehrsstaus, plural Verkehrsstaus or Verkehrsstaue) (formal) traffic jam (situation in which road traffic is stationary or very slow) ==== Usage notes ==== Simple Stau is used except in very formal contexts (or otherwise in the rare case of comparing different kinds of congestions). ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Verkehrsstau” in Duden online “Verkehrsstau”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)