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Die Lage in der Backstube ist so festgefahren, dass die beiden Bäcker nur noch über Zettel kommunizieren. The situation in the bakehouse is so deadlocked that the two bakers only communicate through notes.

adjective · C1

festgefahren

[ˈfɛstɡəˌfaːʁən]

deadlocked, stuck, entrenched

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fest root ge prefix fahr root en ending

ge-
in nouns, often a group or a result: das Gebäude (building), das Geschenk (gift); in verbs, the past participle: gekauft.
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the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

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fahrenfestfahrenfestfestsitzen

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