Marktsättigung
German
Etymology
Markt (“market”) + Sättigung (“saturation”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmaʁktˌzɛtɪɡʊŋ]
- Hyphenation: Markt‧sät‧ti‧gung
Noun
Marktsättigung f (genitive Marktsättigung, plural Marktsättigungen)
- (economics, marketing) market saturation (a situation in which the volume of a product or service in a market has been maximized and no further demand exists at the current price)
- In vielen westlichen Ländern hat der Smartphone-Markt eine hohe Marktsättigung erreicht.
- In many Western countries, the smartphone market has reached high market saturation.
- Sobald die Marktsättigung eintritt, können Unternehmen oft nur noch durch Verdrängungswettbewerb wachsen.
- Once market saturation occurs, companies can often only grow through predatory competition.
Declension
Declension of Marktsättigung [feminine]
Synonyms
- Marktreife (the stage where a market is fully developed)
Antonyms
- Markterschließung (the process of entering or opening up a new market)
- Marktwachstum (the increase in the total sales of a market)
Coordinate terms
- Ersatzbedarf (replacement demand; demand generated by consumers replacing old products)
- Neuanschaffung (new acquisition; the first-time purchase of a product)
- Verdrängungswettbewerb (cutthroat competition; gaining market share at the expense of competitors)
- Produktlebenszyklus (product life cycle; the stages a product goes through from introduction to decline)
Related terms
- gesättigt (saturated; full)
- Sättigungsgrad (degree of saturation)
References
- “Marktsättigung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Marktsättigung” in Duden online