Vocabulary
die
Subvention
/zʊpvɛnˈtsi̯oːn/· noun· Pl. die Subventionen
subsidy
Die Subvention — public money for companies or sectors: for farmers, chip factories, solar panels or diesel; every budget debate asks which ones to cut.
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- Singular
- die Subvention
- Plural
- die Subventionen
- Genitiv
- der Subvention
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Subvention
subsidy
Ohne Subventionen könnte der Betrieb nicht überleben.
Without subsidies, the business could not survive.
Word family
Subventionsubventionierento subsidisedie Agrarsubventionthe agricultural subsidyder Subventionsabbauthe cutting of subsidies
Common combinations
- Subventionen kürzen / streichento cut / scrap subsidies
- staatliche Subventionenstate subsidies
- klimaschädliche Subventionenclimate-damaging subsidies
Real examples
- Umweltverbände fordern, klimaschädliche Subventionen wie die Steuervorteile für Diesel abzubauen.Environmental groups are calling for climate-damaging subsidies such as the tax advantages for diesel to be cut.
- Die Landwirtschaft erhält in der EU jedes Jahr Subventionen in Milliardenhöhe.Agriculture in the EU receives billions in subsidies every year.
- Das Werk wurde nur gebaut, weil der Staat eine hohe Subvention zugesagt hatte.The plant was only built because the state had promised a large subsidy.
