Auslandskaufkraft
German
Etymology
Ausland (“abroad, foreign countries”) + -s- + Kaufkraft (“purchasing power”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈaʊ̯slant͡sˌkaʊ̯fkʁaft]
- Hyphenation: Aus‧lands‧kauf‧kraft
Noun
Auslandskaufkraft f (genitive Auslandskaufkraft, plural Auslandskaufkraften)
- (economics) foreign purchasing power, purchasing power abroad (the value of the domestic currency in relation to the prices of goods and services in foreign countries, largely influenced by exchange rates and inflation differentials)
- Die Abwertung der Landeswährung führte zu einem drastischen Rückgang der Auslandskaufkraft bei Importgütern.
- The devaluation of the national currency led to a drastic decline in purchasing power abroad for imported goods.
Declension
Declension of Auslandskaufkraft [feminine]
Synonyms
- Außenkaufkraft (external purchasing power)
Antonyms
- Inlandskaufkraft (domestic purchasing power)
- Binnenkaufkraft (internal purchasing power)
Coordinate terms
- Wechselkurs (exchange rate)
- Devisen (foreign currencies)
- Kaufkraftparität (purchasing power parity)
- Leistungsbilanz (current account balance)
- Tourismusbilanz (tourism balance; strongly affected by foreign purchasing power)
Related terms
- Auslandsreise (trip abroad)
- Kaufkraftverlust (loss of purchasing power)
References
- “Auslandskaufkraft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Auslandskaufkraft” in Duden online