Konkurs

See also: konkurs and konkurs'

German

Etymology

From Latin concursus + creditorum (assembly of creditors)

Pronunciation

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Noun

Konkurs m (strong, genitive Konkurses, plural Konkurse)

(Germany till 1998, Austria till 2010, now Switzerland, otherwise for variety or colloquial) bankruptcy
Synonyms: Bankrott, Pleite, Insolvenz, Zahlungsunfähigkeit

Declension

Declension of Konkurs [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Konkurs	die	Konkurse
genitive	eines	des	Konkurses	der	Konkurse
dative	einem	dem	Konkurs, Konkurse¹	den	Konkursen
accusative	einen	den	Konkurs	die	Konkurse

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

konkursreif

Further reading

“Konkurs” in Duden online
“Konkurs” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Konkursordnung on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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