Verdrängungswettbewerb

== German == === Etymology === Verdrängung (“displacement/suppression”) +‎ -s- (“genitival interfix”) +‎ Wettbewerb (“competition”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁɛŋʊŋsvɛtbeˌvɛʁp] Hyphenation: Ver‧dräng‧ungs‧wett‧be‧werb === Noun === Verdrängungswettbewerb m (strong, genitive Verdrängungswettbewerbs, plural Verdrängungswettbewerbe) (economics, business) cutthroat competition, predatory competition (a market situation, often in saturated markets, where growth can only be achieved by taking market share away from competitors) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== Preiskrieg (price war; often a tool of predatory competition) Konkurrenzkampf (general competition, but often implying intensity) ==== Antonyms ==== Marktwachstum (market growth; where all participants can grow simultaneously) Kooperation (cooperation; the opposite of aggressive displacement) ==== Coordinate terms ==== Marktsättigung (market saturation; the condition that often triggers displacement strategies) Marktanteil (market share; the "prize" in this type of competition) Monopolbildung (monopolization; the potential end result if one competitor succeeds in displacing all others) Dumping (selling below cost to drive out competitors) ==== Related terms ==== wettbewerbsfähig (competitive) Verdrängungsstrategie (displacement strategy) === References === “Verdrängungswettbewerb”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Verdrängungswettbewerb” in Duden online