Bankerott
[baŋkəˈʁɔt]
The verdict
“Bankerott” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unfähigkeit, seinen Zahlungsverpflichtungen nachzukommen, finanzieller Zusammenbruch
Corpus desk
Index DE-bankerott · Bankerott · German
Bankerott · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bankerott |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baŋkəˈʁɔt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bankerott“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bankerott is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [baŋkəˈʁɔt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unfähigkeit, seinen Zahlungsverpflichtungen nachzukommen, finanzieller Zusammenbruch".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Bankerott, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Bankerott, spelled B-A-N-K-E-R-O-T-T.
Definition
- 1Unfähigkeit, seinen Zahlungsverpflichtungen nachzukommen, finanzieller Zusammenbruch
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bankerott appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„[…] [S]o krampft sich mir das Herz zusammen vor der ungeheueren Investition an Glauben, Begeisterung, historischem Hochaffekt, die damals getätigt wurde und nun in einem Bankerott ohnegleichen verpuffen soll.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.