Lieferengpass
German, noun/ˈliːfɐˌʔɛŋpas/
Lieferengpass is spelled L-I-E-F-E-R-E-N-G-P-A-S-S (13 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written German, the 452,179th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lieferengpass is a German masculine noun meaning “supply bottleneck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zustand, in dem nicht genügend Personal oder Material zur Verfügung steht, um alle Aufträge/Lieferungen zu…”.
What does Lieferengpass mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesupply bottleneck
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zustand, in dem nicht genügend Personal oder Material zur Verfügung steht, um alle Aufträge/Lieferungen zu bewältigen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Lieferengpass
- Lieferengpasses genitive
- Lieferengpässe plural
- Lieferengpasse dative singular
- Lieferengpässen dative definite plural
- Lieferengpaß obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lieferengpass?
- /ˈliːfɐˌʔɛŋpas/
- [ˈliːfɐˌʔɛŋpas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Lieferengpass in German?
Lieferengpass appears about once in every 55 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).