Stau

Etymology
18th century, from, from , , probably a from , from , from , ultimately derived from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Alternatively the Dutch and Low German forms could be inherited from the Germanic noun (like ), but the sense makes a new deverbal derivation more likely.

Noun

 * 1) congestion, stagnancy of water or anything dammed or otherwise backed-up
 * 2)  weir
 * 1)  weir

Noun

 * 1) traffic jam