Bankrott

See also: bankrott

German

Alternative forms

• Bankerott, Bankrutt, Bankerutt (archaic)

Etymology

Around 1500. Borrowed from Italian banco rotto / Italian banca rotta. More at English bankrupt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baŋˈkʁɔt/

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• Hyphenation: Ban‧k‧rott

Noun

Bankrott m (strong, genitive Bankrottes or Bankrotts, plural Bankrotte)

1. (now historical and else colloquial) bankruptcy

   Synonyms: Konkurs, Pleite, Insolvenz, Zahlungsunfähigkeit

2. (Germany) one of any certain behaviours constituting a criminal offence for abstractly endangering an insolvency estate under § 283 StGB

Declension

Declension of Bankrott [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bankrott	die	Bankrotte
genitive	eines	des	Bankrottes, Bankrotts	der	Bankrotte
dative	einem	dem	Bankrott, Bankrotte1	den	Bankrotten
accusative	einen	den	Bankrott	die	Bankrotte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Finanzbankrott, Firmenbankrott, Geschäftsbankrott, Staatsbankrott

Related terms

• bankrott (“bankrupt”)
• Bankrotterklärung

Descendants

• → Russian: банкрот (bankrot)
  • → Georgian: ბანკროტი (banḳroṭi)

See also

• Konkurs
• Zahlungsunfähigkeit

Further reading

• “Bankrott” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bankrott” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Bankrott.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baŋkˈʀot/, [bɑŋˈkʀot]

Noun

Bankrott m (uncountable)

1. bankruptcy