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German
Etymology
From Ellenbogen (“elbow”) + Gesellschaft (“society”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛl(ə)nboːɡ(ə)nɡəˌzɛlʃaft/
- Hyphenation: El‧len‧bo‧gen‧ge‧sell‧schaft
Noun
Ellenbogengesellschaft f (genitive Ellenbogengesellschaft, plural Ellenbogengesellschaften)
- dog-eat-dog society (world, jungle), survival-of-the-fittest world, everyone-for-himself society
Declension
Declension of Ellenbogengesellschaft
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