Pleite

See also: pleite

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplaɪ̯tə/
  • (file)

Noun

Pleite f (genitive Pleite, plural Pleiten)

  1. (colloquial) bankruptcy
    Synonyms: Bankrott, Konkurs, Insolvenz, Zahlungsunfähigkeit
    • 2010 July 19, Wolfgang Reuter, “Vorteil Amerika”, in Der Spiegel, number 29, page 75:
      Das Gesetz legt unter anderem fest, dass die Regierung eine Bank im Falle ihrer drohenden Pleite geordnet abwickeln kann.
      The law determines among other things that the government can wind up a bank in an orderly fashion in case of its impending bankruptcy.
  2. (colloquial, by extension) flop, failure

Declension

Further reading

  • Pleite” in Duden online
  • Pleite” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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