Lohnsklaverei
German, noun/ˈloːnsklavəˌʁaɪ̯/
Lohnsklaverei is spelled L-O-H-N-S-K-L-A-V-E-R-E-I (13 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written German, the 343,581st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lohnsklaverei is a German feminine noun meaning “wage slavery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(oft unzumutbare) Arbeitsverhältnisse, in denen jemand in absoluter Abhängigkeit zum Arbeitgeber seinen…”.
What does Lohnsklaverei mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewage slavery
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (oft unzumutbare) Arbeitsverhältnisse, in denen jemand in absoluter Abhängigkeit zum Arbeitgeber seinen Lebensunterhalt verdient
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Lohnsklaverei?
- /ˈloːnsklavəˌʁaɪ̯/
- [ˈloːnsklavəˌʁaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Lohnsklaverei in German?
Lohnsklaverei appears about once in every 34 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).