Vocabulary
der
Engpass
/ˈɛŋˌpas/· noun· Pl. die Engpässe
shortage, bottleneck
Ein Engpass is when there isn't enough of something just when it's needed: people, trucks, time, parts. „Wir haben einen personellen Engpass“ is the polite office way to say: we're short-staffed.
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Forms
- Singular
- der Engpass
- Plural
- die Engpässe
- Genitiv
- des Engpasses
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Engpass
shortage (of people, time, material)
Im Dezember haben wir immer einen Engpass bei den Fahrern.
In December we're always short of drivers.
Word family
Engpassengnarrow, tightder Passpass (in mountains); passportder Lieferengpasssupply shortageder Personalengpassstaff shortage
Common combinations
- einen Engpass habento have a shortage
- ein personeller Engpassa staff shortage
- einen Engpass überbrückento bridge a shortage
Real examples
- Wegen des Engpasses brauchen wir zwei Aushilfen.Because of the shortage we need two temps.
- Wo seht ihr den größten Engpass?Where do you see the biggest bottleneck?
- Solche Engpässe müssen wir früher melden.We need to report shortages like that earlier.
