Feminine
Pleite
Meaning
- (colloquial,feminine) bankruptcy
- (broadly,colloquial,feminine) flop, failure
Concepts
Synonyms
Zahlungseinstellung
Illiquidität
Konkursfall
Bankrottfall
Fehlversuch
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈplaɪ̯tə/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed from Yiddish פּליטה (pleyte, “escape, getaway”), via Rotwelsch, 19th c.
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