Kaufkraftverlust
German, noun[ˈkaʊ̯fkʁaftfɛɐ̯ˌlʊst]
Kaufkraftverlust is spelled K-A-U-F-K-R-A-F-T-V-E-R-L-U-S-T (16 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 244,602nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kaufkraftverlust is a German masculine noun meaning “loss of purchasing power (the decline in the real value of money due to rising prices)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Kaufkraftverlust mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineloss of purchasing power (the decline in the real value of money due to rising prices)
Ein jährlicher Kaufkraftverlust von zwei Prozent gilt in der Geldpolitik oft als Zielgröße für Preisstabilität.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Kaufkraftverlust
- Kaufkraftverlusts genitive
- Kaufkraftverluste plural
- Kaufkraftverlusten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kaufkraftverlust?
- [ˈkaʊ̯fkʁaftfɛɐ̯ˌlʊst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kaufkraftverlust in German?
Kaufkraftverlust appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).