Reallohnsteigerung

German

Etymology

real (“real”) +‎ Lohn (“wage”) +‎ -s- (“increase”) +‎ Steigerung

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʁeˈaːlloːnˌʃtaɪ̯ɡəʁʊŋ]
  • Hyphenation: Re‧al‧lohn‧stei‧ge‧rung

Noun

Reallohnsteigerung f (genitive Reallohnsteigerung, plural Reallohnsteigerungen)

  1. (economics) real wage increase (an increase in nominal wages that remains after accounting for inflation, representing an actual growth in purchasing power)
    Dank moderater Inflation führte die letzte Tariferhöhung zu einer echten Reallohnsteigerung.
    Thanks to moderate inflation, the last collective wage increase led to a genuine real wage increase.

Declension

Declension of Reallohnsteigerung [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Reallohnsteigerung die Reallohnsteigerungen
genitive einer der Reallohnsteigerung der Reallohnsteigerungen
dative einer der Reallohnsteigerung den Reallohnsteigerungen
accusative eine die Reallohnsteigerung die Reallohnsteigerungen

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Coordinate terms

  • Nominallohnsteigerung (increase in wages in nominal terms)
  • Inflationsrate (the rate that must be subtracted to find the real increase)
  • Produktivitätszuwachs (often the economic justification for such an increase)
  • Verbraucherpreisindex (the measure used for the calculation)
  • lohnintensiv (labor-intensive)
  • Steigerungsrate (rate of increase)

References

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