Polyglot Dictionary

Engpass

/ˈɛŋˌpas/

der noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Engpässe

Meaning

  1. bottleneck

    Built from eng (narrow) + Pass (pass).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • eng narrow
  • Pass pass

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

gargalo

gargalo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "bottleneck."

Practice

1 What does Engpass mean?

2 Fill the gap: Es gibt einen ___ bei der Lieferung.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Engpass?

nouncompound

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