Angebotsüberhang

German

Etymology

Angebot (“supply”) +‎ -s- +‎ Überhang (“overhang/excess”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaŋɡəboːtsˌʔyːbɐhaŋ]
  • Hyphenation: An‧ge‧bots‧ü‧ber‧hang

Noun

Angebotsüberhang m (strong, genitive Angebotsüberhangs, plural Angebotsüberhange)

  1. (economics) oversupply, excess supply, buyer's market (a situation in which the quantity of a good or service supplied is greater than the quantity demanded at the current price)
    Ein massiver Angebotsüberhang bei Rohöl führte zu einem drastischen Verfall der Weltmarktpreise.
    A massive oversupply of crude oil led to a drastic collapse in world market prices.
    Aufgrund des Angebotsüberhangs an Arbeitskräften in dieser Branche sinken die Reallöhne.
    Due to the excess supply of labor in this industry, real wages are falling.

Declension

Declension of Angebotsüberhang [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Angebotsüberhang die Angebotsüberhange
genitive eines des Angebotsüberhangs der Angebotsüberhange
dative einem dem Angebotsüberhang den Angebotsüberhangen
accusative einen den Angebotsüberhang die Angebotsüberhange

Synonyms

  • Angebotsüberschuss (supply surplus)
  • Marktschwemme (market glut)

Antonyms

Coordinate terms

  • Käufermarkt (buyer's market; where the buyer has the pricing power)
  • Preisdruck (price pressure; a result of oversupply)
  • Lagerhaltung (warehousing/inventory; which increases during oversupply)
  • Intervention (intervention; e.g., by the state to buy up surpluses)

References

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