Kaufkraftparität
German, noun[ˈkaʊ̯fkʁaftpaʁiˌtɛːt]
Kaufkraftparität is spelled K-A-U-F-K-R-A-F-T-P-A-R-I-T-Ä-T (16 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 235,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kaufkraftparität is a German feminine noun meaning “purchasing power parity (the rate of currency conversion that equalizes the purchasing power of different currencies by eliminating the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Relation zwischen zwei Währungen, die durch die Kaufkraft für einen repräsentativen Warenkorb bestimmt wird”.
What does Kaufkraftparität mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepurchasing power parity (the rate of currency conversion that equalizes the purchasing power of different currencies by eliminating the differences in price levels between countries)
Berechnet nach der Kaufkraftparität, ist die Wirtschaftskraft mancher Schwellenländer deutlich höher als nominal angegeben.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Relation zwischen zwei Währungen, die durch die Kaufkraft für einen repräsentativen Warenkorb bestimmt wird
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Kaufkraftparität
- Kaufkraftparitäten plural
- KKP abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kaufkraftparität?
- [ˈkaʊ̯fkʁaftpaʁiˌtɛːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kaufkraftparität in German?
Kaufkraftparität appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).