🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Überproduktion

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Überproduktion

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
overproduction/ˌoʊvɚprəˈdʌkʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #25480 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Überproduktion führte zu sinkenden Preisen auf dem Markt."

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As noun
  1. 1

    The production of more goods, crops, or materials than are wanted or needed.

    "The economic crisis was triggered by the severe overproduction of agricultural goods."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

From over- + production, coined in the 19th century during the Industrial Revolution to describe the economic phenomenon of producing more goods than the market can consume.

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