hyperinflation

See also: Hyperinflation

English

Etymology

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hyperinflation

Wikipedia

From hyper- +‎ inflation.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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Noun

hyperinflation (countable and uncountable, plural hyperinflations)

1. Excessive inflation.

   hyperinflation of the lungs

2. (economics) A very high rate of inflation.
   • 1985, Leon N. Lindberg, Charles S. Maier, Brian M. Barry, The Politics of inflation and economic stagnation, page 74:

     Even though ten years elapsed between the German hyperinflation of 1923 and the seizure of power by Hitler, it is often suggested that the two events are causally related.

   • 1987, Philip Cagan, “Hyperinflation”, in The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics:

     Only inconvertible paper currencies can be expanded rapidly without limit to generate hyperinflation.

   • 2004, John Barkley Rosser, Marina V. Rosser, Comparative Economics in a Transforming World Economy, page 236:

     When hyperinflation peaked, wheelbarrows full of money were required to shop for groceries.

   • 2023 October 23, Anna Cooban, “Javier Milei wants Argentina to swap the peso for the US dollar. Here’s what that could mean”, in CNN Business‎:

     Javier Milei, a far-right libertarian presidential candidate, has made “dollarizing” Argentina a signature proposal of his campaign, hailing it as a cure for the country’s hyperinflation problem.

Usage notes

• There is no precise quantitative level that defines hyperinflation. A conventionally used threshold is 50% annual inflation.

Related terms

• deflation

Translations

economic inflation at a very high rate

Armenian: հիպերինֆլյացիա (hy) (hiperinflyacʻia) Azerbaijani: hiperinflyasiya Basque: hiperinflazio Belarusian: гіперінфля́цыя f (hipjerinfljácyja) Catalan: hiperinflació (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 惡性通貨膨脹 / 恶性通货膨胀 (zh) (èxìng tōnghuò péngzhàng) Cantonese: 惡性通貨膨脹 / 恶性通货膨胀 (ngok3 sing3 tung1 fo3 paang4 zoeng3) Czech: hyperinflace (cs) f Danish: hyperinflation Dutch: hyperinflatie (nl) Esperanto: inflaciego Estonian: hüperinflatsioon Finnish: hyperinflaatio (fi) French: hyperinflation (fr) f Georgian: ჰიპერინფლაცია (hiṗerinplacia) German: Hyperinflation (de) Greek: υπερπληθωρισμός (el) m (yperplithorismós) Hindi: अतिस्फीति (atisphīti) Hungarian: hiperinfláció (hu) Icelandic: óðaverðbólga f Indonesian: hiperinflasi Irish: hipearbhoilsciú m Italian: iperinflazione (it) f Japanese: ハイパーインフレーション (ja) (Haipāinfurēshon) Korean: 하이퍼인플레이션 (haipeoinpeulleisyeon) Latvian: hiperinflācija f Lithuanian: hiperinfliacija f Macedonian: хиперинфлација f (hiperinflacija) Malay: inflasi hiper Norwegian: Bokmål: hyperinflasjon m Nynorsk: hyperinflasjon m Polish: hiperinflacja f Portuguese: hiperinflação (pt) f Romanian: hiperinflație f Russian: гиперинфля́ция (ru) f (giperinfljácija) Serbo-Croatian: hiperinflacija (sh) f Slovak: hyperinflácia f Slovene: hiperinflacija f Spanish: hiperinflación (es) f Swedish: hyperinflation Turkish: hiperenflasyon Ukrainian: гіперінфля́ція f (hiperinfljácija) Uzbek: giperinflyatsiya (uz)

Further reading

• “hyperinflation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Danish

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ inflation.

Noun

hyperinflation

1. hyperinflation

Further reading

• “hyperinflation” in Den Danske Ordbog

Swedish

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ inflation.

Noun

hyperinflation c

1. (economics) hyperinflation

Declension

Declension of hyperinflation

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hyperinflation	hyperinflations
	definite	hyperinflationen	hyperinflationens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• hyperinflation in Svensk ordbok (SO)