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Merkantilismus

German, noun[mɛʁkantiˈlɪsmʊs]

Merkantilismus is a German masculine noun meaning “mercantilism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Form der Wirtschaftspolitik (hauptsächlich zu Zeiten des Absolutismus), in der der Handel staatlich…”.

What does Merkantilismus mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemercantilism

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. eine Form der Wirtschaftspolitik (hauptsächlich zu Zeiten des Absolutismus), in der der Handel staatlich gelenkt 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.

How do you pronounce Merkantilismus?

  • [mɛʁkantiˈlɪsmʊs]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Merkantilismus

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Merkantilismus in German?

Merkantilismus appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).