Kneipensterben
German edit
Etymology edit
Kneipe (“pub”) + sterben (“to die”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Kneipensterben n (strong, genitive Kneipensterbens, no plural)
- the socio-economic phenomenon of the declining number of pub goers and the resulting closing of many pubs, in Germany and other European countries, in the second half of the 20th century and since, due to the spread of television and other factors