Establishment

See also: establishment

English

Proper noun

the Establishment

1. Any particular establishment (ruling class) that is construed as the sole one within a given context (such as a specific country).

   By the late 1780s, it was clear that many French had had it with the Establishment.

   • 2025 January 28, Paul Krugman, “Departing the New York Times. I left to stay true to my byline”, in The Contrarian‎^[1]:

     Maybe there was a time when readers would sit still for sober, dull opinion pieces — history’s most boring headline, “Worthwhile Canadian Initiative,” was the title of a Times op-ed — because they were seen as representing the views of The Establishment. And I have the feeling that Times management still thinks it’s living in that world. But in today’s wide-open information (and misinformation) environment, boring writing just vanishes without a trace.

German

Etymology

19th century, borrowed from English establishment. Doublet of Etablissement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈstɛ.blɪʃ.mənt/, /ɛsˈtɛ-/, /-mɛnt/

Noun

Establishment n (strong, genitive Establishments, plural (rare) Establishments)

1. establishment (long-standing elite or authority group)

   Wer zweimal mit derselben pennt, gehört schon zum Establishment.

   Sleeping with the same woman twice already makes you a member of the establishment.

   (humorous slogan of the subversive left-wing community movement of the 1960s)

Declension

Declension of Establishment [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Establishment	die	Establishments
genitive	eines	des	Establishments	der	Establishments
dative	einem	dem	Establishment	den	Establishments
accusative	ein	das	Establishment	die	Establishments