Masculine
Bankrott
Meaning
- (masculine, strong) bankruptcy
- (Germany, masculine, strong) one of any certain behaviours constituting a criminal offence for abstractly endangering an insolvency estate under § 283 StGB
Concepts
commercial failure
failed business
going bankrupt
banktrupcy
relaps
Synonyms
Zahlungseinstellung
Illiquidität
Falliment
Konkursfall
Bankrottfall
Fallissement
Fallit
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/baŋˈkʁɔt/
Etymology
In summary
Around 1500. Borrowed from Italian banco rotto / Italian banca rotta. More at English bankrupt.
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