lumpenproletariat

lumpenproletariat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Lumpenproletariat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʊm.pən.pɹəʊ.lə.ˈtɛː.ɹi.ət/

Noun

lumpenproletariat (plural lumpenproletariats)

1. (Marxism) The lowest stratum of the proletariat, whose mental and physical health, mores and morale have deteriorated, through exploitation by the bourgeoisie, to a degree where they cannot build class consciousness and hence cannot be mobilized for the revolution.
2. A social underclass; the riffraff.

Synonyms

• (riffraff): hoi polloi, mob, rabble, riffraff

Related terms

• lumpenbourgeoisie
• lumpenintelligentsia
• lumpenprole

Translations

in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 流氓無產階級／流氓无产阶级 (liúmáng wúchǎnjiējí), 遊民無產者／游民无产者 (yóumín wúchǎnzhě) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: lompenproletariaat (nl) n Finnish: ryysyköyhälistö (fi), ryysyproletariaatti (fi) French: lumpenproletariat (fr) German: Lumpenproletariat (de) n Greek: λούμπεν προλεταριάτο n (loúmpen proletariáto) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Malay: proletar hina Polish: lumpenproletariat (pl) m Portuguese: lumpenproletariado m Romanian: lumpenproletariat (ro) n Russian: лю́мпен-пролетариа́т (ru) m (ljúmpen-proletariát) Serbo-Croatian: lumpenproletarijat (sh) m Spanish: lumpenproletariado (es) m, lumpemproletariado (es) m, lumpen (es) m Swahili: please add this translation if you can Swedish: trasproletariat n Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

the social underclass, the riffraff

Chinese: Mandarin: 社會底層／社会底层 (shèhuì dǐcéng) Finnish: roskaväki (fi) French: please add this translation if you can Japanese: ルンペン (rumpen) Serbo-Croatian: lumpenproletarijat (sh) m

Further reading

• lumpenproletariat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Lumpenproletariat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lum.pɛn.prɔ.lɛˈta.rjat/

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• Rhymes: -arjat
• Syllabification: lum‧pen‧pro‧le‧ta‧riat

Noun

lumpenproletariat m inan

1. (Marxism) lumpenproletariat (the lowest stratum of the proletariat)

Declension

Declension of lumpenproletariat

	singular	plural
nominative	lumpenproletariat	lumpenproletariaty
genitive	lumpenproletariatu	lumpenproletariatów
dative	lumpenproletariatowi	lumpenproletariatom
accusative	lumpenproletariat	lumpenproletariaty
instrumental	lumpenproletariatem	lumpenproletariatami
locative	lumpenproletariacie	lumpenproletariatach
vocative	lumpenproletariacie	lumpenproletariaty

Derived terms

adjective

• lumpenproletariacki

 

Related terms

noun

• lumpenproletariusz

 

Further reading

• lumpenproletariat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lumpenproletariat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From German Lumpenproletariat.

Noun

lumpenproletariat n (uncountable)

1. (Marxism) lumpenproletariat

Declension

declension of lumpenproletariat (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) lumpenproletariat	lumpenproletariatul
genitive/dative	(unui) lumpenproletariat	lumpenproletariatului
vocative	lumpenproletariatule