hyperinflation

See also: Hyperinflation

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ inflation.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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Noun

hyperinflation (plural hyperinflations)

1. (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.

Usage notes

• There is no precise quantitative level that defines hyperinflation. A conventionally used threshold is 50% annual inflation.
• At hyperinflationary levels, both the money supply and the price level are inflated at great rates.

Related terms

• deflation

Translations

inflation at a very high rate

• Armenian: հիպերինֆլյացիա (hy) (hiperinflyacʻia)
• Azerbaijani: hiperinflyasiya
• Basque: hiperinflazio
• Belarusian: гіперінфля́цыя f (hipjerinfljácyja)
• Catalan: hiperinflació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恶性通货膨胀 (zh) (Èxìng tōnghuò péngzhàng)

• 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

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
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	hyperinflation	hyperinflationen	—	—
Genitive	hyperinflations	hyperinflationens	—	—

References

• hyperinflation in Svensk ordbok (SO)