Konsum

From earlier Consumo, borrowed from Italian consumo, from Latin cōnsūmō.

• IPA^(key): /kɔnˈzuːm/, [kʰɔnˈzuːm] (Germany)

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• IPA^(key): /kɔnˈsuːm/, [kʰɔnˈsuːm] (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)
• Hyphenation: Kon‧sum

Konsum m (strong, genitive Konsums, no plural)

1. consumption, intake (the act of eating, drinking or using)

   Synonyms: Konsumierung, Konsumation

2. (economy) consumption
   • 2012 June 18, Die Welt‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 April 2013, page 10:

     Die Verbraucher in Deutschland halten sich beim Konsum von Fisch angesichts hoher Preise eher zurück.

     Consumers in Germany somewhat hold back from the consumption of fish in the face of high prices.

• Alkoholkonsum
• Drogenkonsum
• Fleischkonsum

• Konsumgut, Konsumgüter
• Konsumhölle
• Konsumtempel
• Konsumterror

• Konsumation
• Konsument, Konsumentin
• konsumieren

• → Hunsrik: Konsum

Originally a brand of the Konsumgenossenschaften, a cooperative for retail in the GDR.

• IPA^(key): /kɔnˈzʊm/

Konsum m (strong, genitive Konsums, plural Konsums)

1. (Eastern Germany) A convenience store like shop or small supermarket.

• “Konsum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Konsum” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Konsum” in Duden online
• “Konsum” in Duden online

Borrowed from German Konsum.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /kʰonˈsuːm/, /konˈsuːm/
• Rhymes: -uːm
• Syllabification: Kon‧sum

Konsum m

1. (uncountable) consumption