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Lotte markiert die Forschungslücke auf ihrer Mindmap mit einem dicken roten Kreis. Lotte marks the research gap on her mind map with a thick red circle.

noun · C1

die Forschungslücke

[ˈfɔʁʃʊŋsˌlʏkə]

research gap, gap in research

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Other Examples

  • Wir sind auf eine Forschungslücke gestoßen, mit der niemand gerechnet hatte.

    We've come across a research gap that nobody had expected.

  • Hast du in deinem Fach schon eine Forschungslücke gefunden, die dich wirklich interessiert?

    Have you already found a research gap in your subject that really interests you?

  • Das Exposé überzeugt insofern, als es die Forschungslücke genau benennt.

    The proposal is convincing in that it names the research gap precisely.

Grammar

Plural
die Forschungslücken In the plural the article is always "die".

How the Word Is Built

Forsch root ung suffix s linking letter lücke root

-ung
a noun from a verb, always feminine: wohnen → die Wohnung (flat), rechnen → die Rechnung (bill).

A compound: die Forschung + die Lücke

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

die Forschungforschendie Lückelückenhaft

In Otti's situations: Lotte applies for a doctorate

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