Wohlstandsgesellschaft

German

Etymology

Wohlstand (“prosperity/wealth”) +‎ Gesellschaft +‎ -s- (“society”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvoːlʃtant͡sɡəˌzɛlʃaft]
  • Hyphenation: Wohl‧stands‧ge‧sell‧schaft

Noun

Wohlstandsgesellschaft f (genitive Wohlstandsgesellschaft, plural Wohlstandsgesellschaften)

  1. (sociology, economics) affluent society, prosperous society (a society characterized by widespread material wealth and high living standards for a large part of the population)
    Die soziale Marktwirtschaft war der Grundstein für die deutsche Wohlstandsgesellschaft.
    The social market economy was the foundation for the German prosperous society.
    In einer Wohlstandsgesellschaft rücken postmaterielle Werte wie Selbstverwirklichung oft in den Vordergrund.
    In an affluent society, post-materialistic values such as self-fulfillment often move to the fore.

Declension

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

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Antonyms

Coordinate terms

  • wohlhabend (wealthy)
  • Standsgesellschaft (estate-based society; historical contrast)

References

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