"Stau" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ʃtaʊ̯/ Audio: De-Stau.ogg
Rhymes: -aʊ̯ 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|de|nds|Stau}} Low German Stau, {{der|de|gml|stouw}} Middle Low German stouw, {{m|gml|stouwe|t=weir}} stouwe (“weir”), {{back-form|de||nocap=1}} back-formation, {{m|gml|stouwen|t=to stop, dam}} stouwen (“to stop, dam”), {{der|de|osx|*stōwa}} Old Saxon *stōwa, {{der|de|gmw-pro|*stōu}} Proto-West Germanic *stōu, {{der|de|gem-pro|*stōō|t=place}} Proto-Germanic *stōō (“place”), {{cog|nl|stuw}} Dutch stuw, {{m+|en|stow}} English stow Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,s:e􂀿chiefly for “weirs”􂁀}} Stau m (strong, genitive Staus, plural Staus or (chiefly for “weirs”) Staue) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,s:e}} Forms: Staus [genitive], Staus [plural], Staue [plural], strong [table-tags], Stau [nominative, singular], Staus [definite, nominative, plural], Staue [definite, nominative, plural], Staus [genitive, singular], Staus [definite, genitive, plural], Staue [definite, genitive, plural], Stau [dative, singular], Staus [dative, definite, plural], Stauen [dative, definite, plural], Stau [accusative, singular], Staus [accusative, definite, plural], Staue [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. congestion, stagnancy of water or anything dammed or otherwise backed-up Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Stau-de-noun-zDhwqmjZ
  2. (especially) Short for Verkehrsstau (“traffic jam”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, especially, masculine, strong Alternative form of: Verkehrsstau (extra: traffic jam) Derived forms: Blutstau, stauanfällig, Staubildung, Staudamm, Stauende, Staumauer, Staumeldung, Stauwehr, Verkehrsstau, Wasserstau Related terms: stauen
    Sense id: en-Stau-de-noun-77XlLvQg Categories (other): German back-formations, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German back-formations: 26 68 6 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 25 73 1
  3. (specialist) weir Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: Wehr, Stauwehr, Stauwerk, Stauanlage
    Sense id: en-Stau-de-noun-nhvU5Yvc

Inflected forms

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