Vocabulary
die
Inflation
/ɪnflaˈtsi̯oːn/· noun· Pl. die Inflationen (selten)
inflation
Business news and kitchen-table talk: when everything costs more and your money buys less.
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Forms
- Singular
- die Inflation
- Plural
- die Inflationen (selten)
- Genitiv
- der Inflation
One word, many lives
Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
Inflation
general rise in prices, loss of money's value
Im Jahr 2022 lag die Inflation bei fast sieben Prozent.
In 2022 inflation was almost seven per cent.
Word family
Inflationdie Inflationsratethe inflation rateinflationärinflationary; excessivedie Deflationdeflation
Common combinations
- die Inflation steigt / sinktinflation rises / falls
- die Inflation bekämpfento fight inflation
- die Inflationsrate liegt bei …the inflation rate stands at …
Similar & opposite
≈ Synonyms
die Teuerung
↔ Opposites
die Deflation
Common learner mistakes
- Der Inflation ist hoch.Die Inflation ist hoch.Nouns in -tion are always feminine: die Inflation.
Real examples
- Wegen der Inflation reicht mein Gehalt nicht mehr so weit wie früher.Because of inflation my salary doesn't go as far as it used to.
- Die Zentralbank versucht, die Inflation zu bekämpfen.The central bank is trying to fight inflation.
- Die Inflation ist im Herbst leicht gesunken.Inflation fell slightly in the autumn.
