Otti hängt seit einer halben Stunde in der Warteschleife. Otti has been stuck on hold for half an hour.

noun · B1

die Warteschleife

[ˈvaʁtəˌʃlaɪ̯fə]

hold, phone queue

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Other Examples

In der Warteschleife höre ich immer dieselbe Musik.

On hold, I always hear the same music.
Wenn du nicht in der Warteschleife warten willst, schreib lieber eine E-Mail.

If you don't want to wait on hold, you'd better write an email.
Nach zehn Minuten in der Warteschleife legte Frida einfach auf.

After ten minutes on hold, Frida simply hung up.

Grammar

Plural: die Warteschleifen In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case	Singular	Plural	Example
Nominative wer? was?	die Warteschleife	die Warteschleifen	Die lange Warteschleife hat sich gelohnt: Wir bekommen einen Rabatt. The long wait on hold paid off: we are getting a discount.
Accusative wen? was?	die Warteschleife	die Warteschleifen
Dative wem?	der Warteschleife	den Warteschleifen
Genitive wessen?	der Warteschleife	der Warteschleifen

How the Word Is Built

Wart root e linking letter schleife root

A compound: Wart + die Schleife

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

wartendie Wartezeitdie Schleife

In Otti's situations: Otti changes his phone contract, Bruno cancels a subscription

das Abonnement abschließen beanstanden die Bestätigung das Datenvolumen einen Vertrag abschließen die Flatrate fristgerecht die Gebühr der Handyvertrag die Hotline kostenpflichtig

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