🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Privatisierung

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Privatisierung

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Privatization/ˌpraɪ.və.tɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Privatisierung der Post wurde kontrovers diskutiert."

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As noun
  1. 1

    The transfer of a business, industry, or service from public control or ownership to private ownership and control.

    "The government announced the privatization of the national railway system."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin adjective privatus (meaning personal or private) combined with the suffix -ize (from Greek -izein) and noun suffix -ation. The term emerged in economic discourse in the mid-20th century, notably gaining widespread usage in the late 1970s and 1980s to describe the transfer of publicly owned enterprises to private ownership.

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