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Pleite
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pleite
German
Etymology
de yi פּליטה pleyte escape, getaway, via RotwelschCategory:Rotwelsch, 19th c.
Pronunciation
de /ˈplaɪ̯tə/
de De-Pleite.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f,n
de colloquial bankruptcy
de Bankrott Konkurs Insolvenz Zahlungsunfähigkeit
de 2010-07-19 Wolfgang Reuter Der Spiegel https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-71892504.html 29 75 Vorteil Amerika 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20201026101812/https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-71892504.html 26 October 2020
de colloquial by extension flop, failure
Declension
f,n
Related terms
de pleite Pleitier
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