Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
demographische Kippe
English translation:
demographic balance
German term
demographische Kippe
May 30, 2008 21:39: Johanna Timm, PhD changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
May 31, 2008 12:27: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Social Sciences" , "Field (specific)" from "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" to "Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc."
Jun 4, 2008 17:58: Textklick Created KOG entry
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demographic balance
No references. Just input from a "baby boomer"
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Added: I've reconsidered the 'tipped over'. Interestingly enough - Muret/S: "auf der Kippe stehen TASSE, FLASCHE etc.: be precariously balanced"
Remember the quotes - so, maybe "The balance of Austrian demographics became precarious in 2007."
To my mind, this is meant figuratively and means that were substantial changes that became apparent
As Bernhard so rightly says - tippped from where to where - and you will in fact never have demographic balance per se. Different statistical functions, each of which is in constant change.
Still, if they want to be talk figuratively, let's join in.
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Lancashireman
: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q="demogr...
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Thanks, AJS
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Nicholas Krivenko
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
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Tja - meine Empfehlung ist längst keine Gewährleistung. :-)
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Nitin Goyal
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Michael Varga
: I like your context-specifc suggestion/example, but I am not sure a balance can tip over. Perhaps "the demographic structure became unbalanced/lost its equilibrium." Furthermore, I think the answer should be a term corresponding to "demographische Kippe"
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Noted - see addition
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Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
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Final decision? ;-)
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Michele Fauble
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Thanks, Michele
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demographic balance
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Native in: German 
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Works in: Spanish to German, English to German, German to English, and 3 more.
"demographic turning point"
The “demographic turning point” poses political, social and economic challenges that are as daunting in their scale as they are pervasive. ..
Alibris has Kenya at the Demographic Turning Point?: Hypotheses and a Proposed Research Agenda and other books by Allen C. Kelley, World Bank, Charles Nobbe ...
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Michael Varga
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Thank you, machal.
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mill2
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Thank you, mill.
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
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Thank you, Ingeborg.
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Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
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Thank you, Harald.
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Rebecca Garber
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Thank you, Rebecca.
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demographic watershed
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since the demographic watershed of 1921, when. medical treatment, sanitary improvement, etc.,. started reducing mortality drastically and led to ...
www.krepublishers.com/.../JHE-17-4-277-287-2005-1233-Maiti-... - Similar pages
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demographic tipping point
..... that the demographic tipping point has been reached ...
www.discovery.org/a/3460
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casper (X)
: Already suggested by Andrew Swift in his 'agree' with Textklick's answer
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I overlooked that - thanks for pointing it out.
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