Why do I need to know Krisenmodus?
Because when you're in a crazy period when life is coming at you all at once - it might come in handy.
What does Krisenmodus mean?
The noun der Krisenmodus, which sounds like this is one of those famous German compound nouns that combines two concepts into one word.
In this case, it combines Krise - or "crisis" - with Modus - or "mode". Yes, "crisis mode".
It takes its gender after Modus as the second noun in the compound - so der Krisenmodus.
Following both Donald Trump's election as President of the United States and the collapse of Germany's traffic light government, you might have seen Krisenmodus making the rounds in a lot of German news media or on German talk shows as of late.
Krisenmodus can certainly refer to a type of crisis management.
But it can also refer to a general state of mind, such as how many of us may feel a the moment amidst both political and economic uncertainty.
Bearing all this in mind, it's little surprise how Krisenmodus was chosen as 2023's Word of the Year by the Society for the German Language.
Use it like this:
Von der Wirtschaft bis zur Politik scheint sich Deutschland immer im Krisenmodus.
From economy to politics, it seems that Germany is always in crisis mode.
Wie können wir aus dem Krisenmodus treten?
How can we get out of crisis mode?
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