Marktsättigung

German

Etymology

Markt (market) +‎ Sättigung (saturation)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmaʁktˌzɛtɪɡʊŋ]
  • Hyphenation: Markt‧sät‧ti‧gung

Noun

Marktsättigung f (genitive Marktsättigung, plural Marktsättigungen)

  1. (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

Synonyms

  • Marktreife (the stage where a market is fully developed)

Antonyms

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)
  • gesättigt (saturated; full)
  • Sättigungsgrad (degree of saturation)

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