Sackgasse
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzakˌɡasə/
Audio (file)
Noun
Sackgasse f (genitive Sackgasse, plural Sackgassen)
- dead-end street; cul-de-sac
- (figuratively) dead end (something that does not lead one to the intended result)
- Der Kommunismus ist eine Sackgasse, weil er das Problem der Armut nicht zu lösen vermag.
- Communism is a dead end, because it is incapable of solving the problem of poverty.
- (figuratively) impasse (stagnation that one can only overcome by fundamentally changing one’s approach)
- Die amerikanische Außenpolitik befindet sich in der Sackgasse.
- American foreign policy is in an impasse.
- (figuratively, especially) stalemate; deadlock (stagnation that is due to an inability or unwillingness to reach a compromise)
- Die Verhandlungen stecken in einer Sackgasse.
- The negotiations have reached a stalemate.
Declension
Declension of Sackgasse
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Sackgasse | die | Sackgassen |
| genitive | einer | der | Sackgasse | der | Sackgassen |
| dative | einer | der | Sackgasse | den | Sackgassen |
| accusative | eine | die | Sackgasse | die | Sackgassen |
See also
- Patt
Further reading
- Sackgasse in Duden online