Also means
pub
Usage Note
Wirtschaft mainly means the economy or economics, but in its older, regional sense it is a pub or inn run by der Wirt (landlord, host). The compound Volkswirtschaft is the national economy as an academic subject.
Examples
"Die Wirtschaft wächst langsam."
Natural Translation
The economy is growing slowly.
Literal Translation
The economy grows slowly.
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