Ellenbogengesellschaft

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ellenbogen (“elbow”) +‎ Gesellschaft (“society”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛl(ə)nboːɡ(ə)nɡəˌzɛlʃaft/
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  • Hyphenation: El‧len‧bo‧gen‧ge‧sell‧schaft

Noun

Ellenbogengesellschaft f (genitive Ellenbogengesellschaft, plural Ellenbogengesellschaften)

  1. 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

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