Sektorwandel
German
Etymology
Sektor (“sector”) + Wandel (“change, transformation”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzɛktoːɐ̯ˌvandl̩]
- Hyphenation: Sek‧tor‧wan‧del
Noun
Sektorwandel m (strong, genitive Sektorwandels, plural Sektorwandel)
- (economics) sectoral change (the shift in the relative importance of different economic sectors within an economy)
- Der Sektorwandel beschreibt den Übergang von der Agrar- zur Industrie- und schließlich zur Dienstleistungsgesellschaft.
- Sectoral change describes the transition from an agrarian to an industrial and finally to a service society.
Declension
Declension of Sektorwandel [masculine, strong]
Synonyms
- Strukturwandel (structural change; often used as a broader synonym)
- Drei-Sektoren-Hypothese (the underlying economic theory by Clark and Fourastié)
Antonyms
- Sektorstabilität (stability of the sectoral distribution)
Coordinate terms
- Primärsektor (agriculture, raw materials)
- Sekundärsektor (manufacturing, industry)
- Tertiärsektor (services)
- Tertiärisierung (the specific shift toward services)
- Deindustrialisierung (the decline of the secondary sector during a Sektorwandel)
Related terms
- Sektoranalyse (sector analysis)
- branchenübergreifend (cross-sectoral)