Ellenbogengesellschaft

== German == === Alternative forms === Ellbogengesellschaft === 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 ==== ==== See also ==== Appendix:GfdS words of the year#1982 === Further reading === “Ellenbogengesellschaft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Ellenbogengesellschaft” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon