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German
Etymology
Kuh (“cow”) + Handel (“trade”)
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Kuhhandel m (strong, genitive Kuhhandels, no plural)
- (informal, derogatory) logrolling, horsetrading (informal exchange of a dubious nature)
2021 May 10, Caroline Kraft, “Mitgefühl in der Pandemie: Blankliegende Nerven, harte Urteile”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Doch es ist noch etwas anderes, das mich an der ganzen Sache wütend macht. Nämlich die Tatsache, dass Solidarität dabei zu einer Art Kuhhandel verkommt. Solidarität ist aber kein billiges Tauschgeschäft- But there's something else about the whole thing that pisses me off. Namely the fact that solidarity degenerates into a kind of horsetrading. But solidarity is not a cheap barter.
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