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German
Etymology
Hunger + Lohn
Pronunciation
Noun
Hungerlohn m (strong, genitive Hungerlohnes or Hungerlohns, plural Hungerlöhne)
- starvation wage, pittance
2023 August 1, Michael Braun, “Gestrichene Sozialhilfe in Italien: Krieg gegen die Armen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Schließlich hatten sich die Landwirt*innen und die in der Tourismusbranche aktiven Unternehmer*innen immer wieder beklagt, dass sie wegen der Grundsicherung […] kein Personal mehr fänden, keine Ernte- oder Spülhilfen, die sich willig für Hungerlöhne ausbeuten lassen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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