Ellenbogengesellschaft
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ellenbogen (“elbow”) + Gesellschaft (“society”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛl(ə)nboːɡ(ə)nɡəˌzɛlʃaft/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: El‧len‧bo‧gen‧ge‧sell‧schaft
Noun
Ellenbogengesellschaft f (genitive Ellenbogengesellschaft, plural Ellenbogengesellschaften)
- dog-eat-dog society (world, jungle), survival-of-the-fittest world, everyone-for-himself society
Declension
Declension of Ellenbogengesellschaft [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Ellenbogengesellschaft | die | Ellenbogengesellschaften |
| genitive | einer | der | Ellenbogengesellschaft | der | Ellenbogengesellschaften |
| dative | einer | der | Ellenbogengesellschaft | den | Ellenbogengesellschaften |
| accusative | eine | die | Ellenbogengesellschaft | die | Ellenbogengesellschaften |
See also
- Appendix:GfdS words of the year#1982
Further reading
- “Ellenbogengesellschaft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Ellenbogengesellschaft” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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