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die Staffel (-n)
   squadron, flight (unit), company (mil.), echelon; escort formation; (TV) season; relay (race, Staffellauf), relay team; stone steps

Die deutsche Frauen-Staffel hat eine Medaille bei der Schwimm-EM in Budapest verpasst.
The German women's relay team missed getting a medal at the European Swimming Championship in Budapest.
Welche Staffel von "Navy CIS" ist die Beste?
Which season of "NCIS" is the best?
Oberst Paul Tibbets, Kommandeur der Staffel und Pilot des B-29 Bombers, hatte...
Colonel Paul Tibbets, squadron commander and pilot of the B-29 bomber, had...

Related:
staffeln to grade, graduate (items); stagger; form an echelon
der Staffel a mountain in Bavaria
der Staffelsee a lake at the foot of the Bavarian Alps
die Staffelei (artist's) easel
die Staffelung grading, staggering; staggered arrangement
der Staffelzins graduated/staggered interest

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