Feminine

Pleite

Meaning

  1. (colloquial, feminine) bankruptcy
  2. (broadly, colloquial, feminine) flop, failure

Concepts

bankruptcy
flop
failure
washout
fizzling
crash
collapse
non-event
underachievement
bust
miscarriage
Synonyms

Bankrott
C2
Konkurs
24k
Insolvenz
34k
Fehlschlag
20k
Fiasko
C2
Zahlungsunfähigkeit
Versagen
B2
Misserfolg
C2
Niederlage
C1
Ruin
C2
Ausfall
23k
Debakel
46k
Verlust
B2

Zahlungseinstellung

Illiquidität

Konkursfall

Rückschlag
C2
Reinfall
C2
Krach
C1
Scheitern
C1
Bauchlandung
Flop
24k
Schlag ins Wasser

Bankrottfall

Satz mit X

Fehlversuch

Schlappe
44k
Störfall
Schuss in den Ofen
Translations

fallimento
banqueroute
quiebra
bancarrota
faillite
bancarotta
fracaso
başarısızlık
fiasco
mislukking
insuccès
échec
déconfiture
ratage
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈplaɪ̯tə/
Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish
פּליטה
In summary

Borrowed from Yiddish פּליטה (pleyte, “escape, getaway”), via Rotwelsch, 19th c.

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