bankrupt

bankrott, zahlungsunfähig

Nicht in der Lage, Schulden zu bezahlen, besonders wenn dies gerichtlich festgestellt wurde.

In einfachem Englisch: Unable to pay your debts, especially when a court has officially recognized this.

• The company went bankrupt.
• A court declared him bankrupt last year.
• Creditors tried to recover money from the bankrupt business.

So benutzt man es: go bankrupt (The business went bankrupt after losing its biggest customer.); be declared bankrupt (She was declared bankrupt in June.)

Synonyme: insolvent

Gegenteile: solvent

Häufige Wendungen: go bankrupt, declared bankrupt, bankrupt company

pleite, mittellos

Kein Geld mehr habend.

In einfachem Englisch: Having no money left.

• I am bankrupt until payday.
• That holiday left us almost bankrupt.
• After buying the tickets, she felt completely bankrupt.

Synonyme: broke, penniless

Gegenteile: rich

Häufige Wendungen: completely bankrupt, almost bankrupt

bankrott, bar

Eine wichtige positive Eigenschaft wie Ehrlichkeit oder neue Ideen völlig vermissen lassend.

In einfachem Englisch: Completely lacking an important good quality, such as honesty or new ideas.

• Their policy is morally bankrupt.
• The movement seemed intellectually bankrupt.
• The leadership was bankrupt of new ideas.

So benutzt man es: bankrupt of something (The party is bankrupt of fresh ideas.)

Synonyme: empty, devoid

Häufige Wendungen: morally bankrupt, intellectually bankrupt, bankrupt of ideas

in den Bankrott treiben, ruinieren

Jemanden in eine Lage bringen, in der er seine Schulden nicht mehr bezahlen kann.

In einfachem Englisch: To make someone unable to pay their debts.

• The lawsuit could bankrupt him.
• Rising costs bankrupted the company.
• Will these losses bankrupt the business?

Synonyme: ruin

Häufige Wendungen: bankrupt a company, bankrupt someone