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die Lücke

gap, space, blank, loophole

Im Zaun ist eine Lücke.

There is a gap in the fence.

Es gibt eine Lücke im Gesetz.

There is a loophole in the law.

Füllen Sie die Lücken im Text.

Fill in the blanks in the text.

a gap ((in sth.)) eine Lücke in et3 There is a gap in the fence.

to fill a gap eine Lücke füllen Fill in the blanks in the text.

Synonyms: Spalt (crack), Leerstelle (blank space); Antonyms: Kontinuität (continuity)

From Old High German 'lucka' (opening). Possibly related to English 'lock' in its older sense of an enclosure, implying a gap.

Sounds a bit like 'leak'. A leak in a pipe is a gap or 'Lücke' that lets water through.

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