Warteschleife
German (Berlin)
/ˈvaʁtəˌʃlaɪ̯fə/
noun
Definitions
- hold telephone queue
Etymology
Compound from German warten (wait, maintain, look after) + German Schleife (loop, tie).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Schleife
Gloss
loop, tie
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Moselschleife German
- Schleife German
- Warterei German
- Wartesaal German
- Warteschlange German
- Wartestellung German
- Wartezeit German
- abwarten German
- anwarten German
- aufwarten German
- erwarten German
- wartbar German
- warten German
- zuwarten German
- шлейф Russian
- *sleupaną Proto-Germanic
- sløjfe Danish
- varti Esperanto
- sloufe Middle High German
- *wardēn gmw-pro