Usage Note
Stau is masculine, plural Staus. You sit im Stau (in a jam); the verb stauen means to build up. Traffic reports warn of zähfließender Verkehr before a full Stau.
Examples
"Auf der Autobahn standen wir zwei Stunden im Stau."
Natural Translation
We were stuck in a traffic jam on the motorway for two hours.
Literal Translation
On the motorway stood we two hours in-the jam.
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