Freihandelszone

German

Etymology

frei (“free”) +‎ Handel (“trade”) +‎ -s- (“genitival interfix”) +‎ Zone (“zone”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʁaɪ̯handl̩sˌt͡soːnə/
  • Hyphenation: Frei‧han‧dels‧zo‧ne

Noun

Freihandelszone f (genitive Freihandelszone, plural Freihandelszonen)

  1. (economics, politics) free trade area, free trade zone (a region encompassing a trade bloc whose member countries have signed a free trade agreement)
    Die Mitgliedstaaten der Freihandelszone verzichten untereinander auf Zölle und Handelshemmnisse.
    The member states of the free trade zone waive customs duties and trade barriers among themselves.
    Im Gegensatz zur Zollunion behält in einer Freihandelszone jedes Land seine eigenen Außenzölle bei.
    In contrast to a customs union, each country in a free trade area maintains its own external tariffs.
Declension
Declension of Freihandelszone [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Freihandelszone die Freihandelszonen
genitive einer der Freihandelszone der Freihandelszonen
dative einer der Freihandelszone den Freihandelszonen
accusative eine die Freihandelszone die Freihandelszonen

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