Wettbewerbsdruck

== German == === Etymology === Wettbewerb (“competition”) +‎ -s- +‎ Druck (“pressure”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvɛtbəˌvɛʁpsˌdʁʊk] Hyphenation: Wett‧be‧werbs‧druck === Noun === Wettbewerbsdruck m (strong, genitive Wettbewerbsdrucks, plural Wettbewerbsdrucke) (business, economics) competitive pressure (the economic force exerted by competitors that compels a company to lower prices, improve quality, or innovate) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== Konkurrenzdruck (pressure from rivals) Wettbewerbsintensität (intensity of competition; often used interchangeably in a broader sense) ==== Antonyms ==== Monopolstellung (monopoly position; absence of pressure) Marktdominanz (market dominance) ==== Coordinate terms ==== Preiskampf (price war) Margendruck (margin pressure) Innovationszwang (compulsion to innovate) Verdrängungswettbewerb (cutthroat competition) ==== Related terms ==== wettbewerbsfähig (competitive) druckvoll (powerful/pressurized) === References === “Wettbewerbsdruck”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Wettbewerbsdruck” in Duden online