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final phase
The last stage or concluding period of a longer process, event, or development.
Das Bauprojekt geht jetzt in die Endphase und soll nächsten Monat fertig sein.
The construction project is now entering the final phase and should be finished next month.
The word is a compound of 'Ende' (end) and 'Phase' (phase). So it literally describes the phase that comes at the end of a process.
Die Verhandlungen treten nun in ihre entscheidende Endphase.
The negotiations are now entering their decisive final phase.
The preposition 'in' is used differently here depending on the context. Movement into the state is expressed with the accusative ('in die Endphase kommen' — to enter the final phase), while the state itself is described with the dative ('in der Endphase sein' — to be in the final phase).
Das Projekt kommt langsam in die Endphase.
The project is slowly entering the final phase.
'Endphase' (final phase) is often used for processes that are limited in time. Typical contexts include a project, a degree program, an election campaign, or an illness.
Der Wahlkampf geht in die Endphase.
The election campaign is entering the final phase.
final / endgame
'das Endspiel' and 'die Endphase' both have to do with the end of something. But 'das Endspiel' is either a specific final game in a competition or, in a figurative sense, a decisive final stage. 'die Endphase' more generally means the final part of a longer process, development, or project. It does not have to be a game and is often not just a single moment. When it is about sports and a final, decisive game, 'Endspiel' fits. When talking about the last weeks or steps of a task, illness, plan, or development, 'Endphase' is more natural.
In der Endphase des Projekts arbeitet das Team besonders konzentriert.
In the final phase of the project, the team works with particular focus.
Für das Endspiel kaufen viele Fans schon früh ihre Karten.
Many fans buy their tickets early for the final.