Rohstoffsektor

German

Etymology

Rohstoff (“raw material”) +‎ Sektor (“sector”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʁoːʃtɔfˌzɛktoːɐ̯]
Hyphenation: Roh‧stoff‧sek‧tor

Noun

Rohstoffsektor m (strong, genitive Rohstoffsektors, plural Rohstoffsektore)

(economics, finance) raw materials sector, commodity sector (the segment of the economy involved in the discovery and extraction of raw materials)
Anleger schichten ihr Kapital vermehrt in den Rohstoffsektor um, um sich gegen Inflation abzusichern.
Investors are increasingly shifting their capital into the commodity sector to hedge against inflation.

Declension

Declension of Rohstoffsektor [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rohstoffsektor	die	Rohstoffsektore
genitive	eines	des	Rohstoffsektors	der	Rohstoffsektore
dative	einem	dem	Rohstoffsektor	den	Rohstoffsektoren
accusative	einen	den	Rohstoffsektor	die	Rohstoffsektore

Synonyms

Primärsektor (the broader economic term)
Extraktionssektor (extraction sector)

Antonyms

Industriesektor (secondary sector)
Dienstleistungssektor (tertiary sector)

Coordinate terms

Rohstoffgewinnung (the process within the sector)
Urproduktion (technical term for the sector's output)
Exploration (searching for new deposits)

Related terms

Rohstoffvorkommen (raw material deposits)
Rohstoffabhängigkeit (dependency on raw materials)