# der Panikkauf

der Panikkauf is a German noun meaning “panic buying”. Forms: des Panikkaufes, die Panikkäufe.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Panikkaufes
- Plural: die Panikkäufe

## Meanings

1. panic buying, panic purchase (a hasty purchase of everyday goods, especially in unusually large quantities, out of fear that they may soon become scarce or unavailable)
   - Aus Sorge vor Lieferengpässen kam es in vielen Supermärkten zu Panikkäufen von haltbaren Lebensmitteln und Toilettenpapier. — Concern about supply shortages led to panic buying of nonperishable food and toilet paper in many supermarkets.

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