Volkswirt

German

Etymology

Volk (“people; nation”) +‎ -s- (“genitival interfix”) +‎ Wirt (“economist; host”). Back-formation from Volkswirtschaft.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔlk͡svɪʁt/
Hyphenation: Volks‧wirt

Noun

Volkswirt m (strong, genitive Volkswirts, plural Volkswirte, feminine Volkswirtin)

(economics, pro) economist (an expert who studies the relationship between a society's resources and its production or output, specifically on a macro level)
Viele Volkswirte arbeiten bei Zentralbanken oder Forschungsinstituten.
Many economists work at central banks or research institutes.

Als Volkswirt analysiert er die Auswirkungen der Zinspolitik auf die Inflation.
As an economist, he analyzes the effects of interest rate policy on inflation.

Declension

Declension of Volkswirt [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Volkswirt	die	Volkswirte
genitive	eines	des	Volkswirts	der	Volkswirte
dative	einem	dem	Volkswirt	den	Volkswirten
accusative	einen	den	Volkswirt	die	Volkswirte

Coordinate terms

Betriebswirt (business economist)
Finanzwissenschaftler (financial scientist)

Related terms

Volkswirtschaftslehre (economics (as a field of study))
Volkswirtschaft (national economy)
Wirtschaftswissenschaft (economic science)

Further reading

Volkswirt on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

References

“Volkswirt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Volkswirt” in Duden online