English-German translations for dead-end

• Sackgasse die
  Ich appelliere an das Parlament, diese haushaltspolitische Sackgasse zu korrigieren. I call on Parliament to correct this budgetary dead-end.
  Wir sollten es nicht zulassen, dass wir uns in eine Sackgasse manövrieren lassen. We should not allow ourselves to be manoeuvred into a dead-end street.

Definition of dead-end

• Going nowhere; blocked
• To come to a dead-end
• A road with no exit
• A position that offers no hope of progress

Examples

• a dead-end street
• a dead-end job
• Watch out! The road dead-ends in 200 yards and theres nowhere to turn around!
• We turned into the street and realised it was a dead-end.
• Mary realised her relationship with Jim had hit a dead-end.

Related words

• dead-alive
• dead-end (street
• dead-and-alive hole
• dead-end street