Flaute

f; -, -n

1. NAUT. calm; in eine Flaute geraten be becalmed

2. WIRTS. fig. slack period, bad patch (auch SPORT); in der Bauindustrie herrscht Flaute the building industry is going through a slack period

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die Flaute

(Windstille) lull; calm; dead calm;

(Wirtschaftskrise) depression; slack period

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Flau|te ['flautə]

f -, -n

1) (MET) calm

das Schiff geriet in eine Fláúte — the ship was becalmed

2) (fig) (COMM) lull, slack period; (der Stimmung) fit of the doldrums (inf); (der Leistung) period of slackness

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die

(lack of activity in trade: the depression of the 1930s.) depression

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Flau·te

<-, -n>

[ˈflautə]

f

1. (Windstille) calm no pl

▪ \Flauten calm periods pl

2. (mangelnde Nachfrage) lull, period of slackness [or reduced activity]

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die; Flaute, Flauten

1) (Seemannsspr.) calm

2) (Kaufmannsspr.) fall[-off] in trade

in der Flaute — in the doldrums

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Flaute f; -, -n

1. SCHIFF calm;

in eine Flaute geraten be becalmed

2. WIRTSCH fig slack period, bad patch (auch SPORT);

in der Bauindustrie herrscht Flaute the building industry is going through a slack period

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die; Flaute, Flauten

1) (Seemannsspr.) calm

2) (Kaufmannsspr.) fall[-off] in trade

in der Flaute — in the doldrums

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-n f.

dead calm n.

stagnation n.