Primärsektor

primär (“primary”) +‎ Sektor (“sector”).

• IPA^(key): [pʁiˈmɛːɐ̯ˌzɛktoːɐ̯]
• Hyphenation: Pri‧mär‧sek‧tor

Primärsektor m (strong, genitive Primärsektors, plural Primärsektore)

1. (economics) primary sector (the sector of an economy making direct use of natural resources)

   Die Forstwirtschaft und der Bergbau sind wesentliche Bestandteile des Primärsektors.

   Forestry and mining are essential components of the primary sector.

• Urproduktion (primary production; the most technical German term)
• Rohstoffsektor (raw materials sector)

• Sekundärsektor (secondary sector; manufacturing and processing)
• Tertiärsektor (tertiary sector; services)

• Landwirtschaft (agriculture)
• Forstwirtschaft (forestry)
• Fischerei (fishing)
• Bergbau (mining)
• Strukturwandel (structural change; the process by which this sector loses dominance)

• primär (primary)
• Sektorwandel (sectoral change)