Versorgungsengpass
German, noun[fɛɐ̯ˈzɔʁɡʊŋsˌʔɛŋpas]
Versorgungsengpass is spelled V-E-R-S-O-R-G-U-N-G-S-E-N-G-P-A-S-S (18 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 352,658th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Versorgungsengpass is a German masculine noun meaning “supply bottleneck, shortage (a situation in which the demand for a specific good or service cannot be met due to limited availability)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zustand, dass die nötigen Güter nicht bereitgestellt werden können”.
What does Versorgungsengpass mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesupply bottleneck, shortage (a situation in which the demand for a specific good or service cannot be met due to limited availability)
Ein plötzlicher Versorgungsengpass bei wichtigen Medikamenten beunruhigte die Bevölkerung.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zustand, dass die nötigen Güter nicht bereitgestellt werden können
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 Versorgungsengpass
- Versorgungsengpasses genitive
- Versorgungsengpasse plural
- Versorgungsengpassen dative definite plural
- Versorgungsengpaß obsolete
- Versorgungsengpässe nominative plural
- Versorgungsengpässen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Versorgungsengpass?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈzɔʁɡʊŋsˌʔɛŋpas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Versorgungsengpass in German?
Versorgungsengpass appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).