Queue

See also: queue

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French queue. Doublet of Coda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /køː/

Noun

Queue m or n (strong, genitive Queues, plural Queues)

1. (billiards, snooker, pool) cue

Usage notes

• Originally neuter. Now predominantly masculine in Germany.

Declension

Declension of Queue [masculine // neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Queue	die	Queues
genitive	eines	des	Queues	der	Queues
dative	einem	dem	Queue	den	Queues
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Queue	die	Queues

Noun

Queue f (genitive Queue, plural Queues)

1. (military, archaic) the end of a column of troops

Declension

Declension of Queue [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Queue	die	Queues
genitive	einer	der	Queue	der	Queues
dative	einer	der	Queue	den	Queues
accusative	eine	die	Queue	die	Queues

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English queue, from the French in etymology 1.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kjuː/

Noun

Queue f (genitive Queue, plural Queues)

1. (computing) queue (waiting list, e.g. of tasks to be done)

Usage notes

• Queue is one of a small number of German nouns which can or historically could have all three genders; see the appendix.

Declension

Declension of Queue [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Queue	die	Queues
genitive	einer	der	Queue	der	Queues
dative	einer	der	Queue	den	Queues
accusative	eine	die	Queue	die	Queues

Further reading

• “Queue” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Queue (Billardstock), n/m” in Duden online
• “Queue (Warteschlange/Schwanz), f” in Duden online