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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of loon + prijs + spiraal, probably a calque. First attested in the 1940s. Cf. German Lohn-Preis-Spirale (the most likely source), English wage-price spiral.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /loːnˈprɛi̯.spiˈraːl/
- Hyphenation: loon-prijs‧spi‧raal
Noun
loon-prijsspiraal f (plural loon-prijsspiralen)
- (economics) wage-price spiral