fallieren

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fallire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈliːʁən/
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Verb

fallieren (weak, third-person singular present falliert, past tense fallierte, past participle falliert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to go bankrupt
    • 2013 March 10, Alexander Hagelüken, “Die Blutspur des Geldes”, in Süddeutsche Zeitung:
      Als die überdimensionierten Banken zu fallieren drohten, sollten die anderen Euro-Staaten einspringen.
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  2. (dialectal) to fail
    Synonym: misslingen

Conjugation

Further reading

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