Stau

See also: stau

German

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃtaʊ̯/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aʊ̯

Noun

Stau m (strong, genitive Staus, plural Staus or (chiefly for “weirs”) Staue)

  1. congestion, stagnancy of water or anything dammed or otherwise backed-up
  2. (especially) Short for Verkehrsstau (“traffic jam”).
  3. (specialist) weir
    Synonyms: Wehr, Stauwehr, Stauwerk, Stauanlage

Declension
Declension of Stau [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Stau die Staus, Staue
genitive eines des Staus der Staus, Staue
dative einem dem Stau den Staus, Stauen
accusative einen den Stau die Staus, Staue

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Stau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Stau” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Stau” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Noun

Stau m (plural Stauen)

  1. traffic jam
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