Vocabulary
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Mittelstand
/ˈmɪtl̩ˌʃtant/· noun· Pl. —
small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs); the middle classes (dated)
Der Mittelstand — the backbone of the German-speaking economies: often family-owned firms with a few dozen to a few thousand employees, some of them world market leaders in a niche.
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- Singular
- der Mittelstand
- Plural
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- Genitiv
- des Mittelstands / des Mittelstandes
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Mittelstand
small and medium-sized enterprises
Der Mittelstand leidet besonders unter den hohen Energiekosten.
Small and medium-sized businesses are suffering particularly from the high energy costs.
Word family
Mittelstandmittelständischmedium-sizedder Mittelständlerthe owner of a medium-sized businessdie Mittethe middleder Standthe class, the estate
Common combinations
- der deutsche MittelstandGerman SMEs
- den Mittelstand entlastento relieve the burden on SMEs
- der gehobene Mittelstandthe larger SMEs
Real examples
- Der Mittelstand gilt als Rückgrat der deutschen Wirtschaft.Small and medium-sized businesses are regarded as the backbone of the German economy.
- Gerade im Mittelstand fehlen vielerorts Nachfolger für die Unternehmen.Particularly in SMEs, there is often a lack of successors to take over the businesses.
- Die Steuerreform soll vor allem den Mittelstand entlasten.The tax reform is meant above all to relieve the burden on small and medium-sized businesses.
