Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Wirtschaftsflaute

English translation:

recession/slump/stagnation

Added to glossary by William Stein
Jun 16, 2003 15:06
20 yrs ago
German term

Wirtschaftsflaute

Non-PRO German to English Bus/Financial Economics
Wirtschaftsflaute

Politics.
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Proposed translations

+3
34 mins
Selected

recession

or stagnation, according to Dietl.
Here are the options from Schaeffer:

Flaute f
(com) dullness
– (infml) doldrums (eg, in the doldrums)
(Bö) slackness
– sluggishness

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Note added at 2003-06-19 12:21:59 (GMT) Post-grading
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Just because some mysterious economist decides to impose an arbitrary minimum time limit on the term doesn\'t mean that the general meaning (which is the one that everybody knows and uses, by the way) is invalid. Here\'s what Merriam Webster\'s has to say about it:

Main Entry: 1re·ces·sion
Pronunciation: ri-\'se-sh&n
Function: noun
Date: circa 1652
1 : the act or action of receding : WITHDRAWAL
2 : a departing procession (as of clergy and choir at the end of a church service)
3 : a period of reduced economic activity
Peer comment(s):

agree NGK
39 mins
agree Ellen Zittinger
1 hr
agree Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
14 hrs
agree Katy62
15 hrs
disagree Aniello Scognamiglio (X) : Sorry, William, Flaute definitely does not equal to recession, see zhdim's explanation above.
2 days 16 hrs
The "technical" definition of recession (whichever economist he's talking about) does not reflect how the term is actually used.
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+8
1 min

economic slump

HTH

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Note added at 2003-06-16 15:08:54 (GMT)
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this web site is one of many which uses this phrase

http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2003/01/06/da...
Peer comment(s):

agree Mirelluk
14 mins
agree swisstell : yes, and Tiger has a Golf Slump ...
22 mins
Perhaps he's just giving the others a chance!!!
agree Hans Preisendanz ->Technical Translations<-
40 mins
agree Сергей Лузан
1 hr
agree NGK
1 hr
agree Trudy Peters
1 hr
agree writeaway
5 hrs
agree Anglo-German (X)
2 days 12 hrs
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+1
2 mins

depressed economy

economic dip
Peer comment(s):

agree Ron Stelter
1 day 23 mins
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+2
18 mins

economic downturn

?
Peer comment(s):

agree zhdim : Recession has a technical definition (2 consecutive quarters of negative growth), whereas Flaute does not. Slump (above) is OK, too.
1 hr
that's correct!
agree writeaway : and with Jim Beason
5 hrs
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1 day 23 hrs

economic lull, slack period

Hope it helps. Good luck, Laila!
Re.: Collins German Dictionary, ISBN 0-00-470406-1
Langescheidts Taschenwörterbuch Englisch ISBN 3-468-11131-2
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