# das Lumpenproletariat

das Lumpenproletariat is a German noun meaning “lumpenproletariat”. Forms: des Lumpenproletariates.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Lumpenproletariates

## In other languages

- Русский: истор. люмпен-пролетариат

## Meanings

1. _Marxism · no plural_ lumpenproletariat
   - Der tiefste Niederschlag der relativen Surpluspopulation endlich bildet die Sphäre des Pauperismus. Sie besteht—wir sehn hier ab von Vagabunden, Verbrechern, Prostituirten, kurz dem eigentlichen Lumpenproletariat—aus drei Kategorieen: erstens, Arbeitsfähige. — The lowest sediment of the relative surplus population finally dwells in the sphere of pauperism. Exclusive of vagabonds, criminals, prostitutes, in a word, the ragged proletariat, this layer of society consists of three categories. First, those able to work.

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