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Compound of wereld (“world”) + economie (“economy”). First attested in the early twentieth century.
- IPA(key): /ˈʋeː.rəlt.eː.koː.noːˌmi/
- Hyphenation: we‧reld‧eco‧no‧mie
wereldeconomie f (plural wereldeconomieën)
- (uncountable, economics) world economy, global economy
- (countable, economics) globally important economy
- (countable, sociology) international economic system without a single hegemon