bankrottgehen
German, verb
bankrottgehen is spelled B-A-N-K-R-O-T-T-G-E-H-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written German, the 522,009th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bankrottgehen is a German verb meaning “to go bankrupt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Bankrottgehen is a different word: “gerund of bankrottgehen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in die Zahlungsunfähigkeit geraten”.
What does bankrottgehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto go bankrupt
noun
- 1
neutergerund of bankrottgehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in die Zahlungsunfähigkeit geraten
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bankrottgehen
- geht bankrott present singular third-person
- ging bankrott past
- bankrottgegangen participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 7 strong
- bankrottgehend participle present
- bankrottzugehen infinitive infinitive-zu
- gehe bankrott first-person indicative present
- gehen bankrott first-person indicative plural
- gehst bankrott indicative present second-person
- gehest bankrott second-person singular subjunctive
- gehet bankrott plural second-person subjunctive
- gingen bankrott first-person indicative plural
- ginge bankrott first-person singular subjunctive
- gingst bankrott indicative preterite second-person
- gingt bankrott indicative plural preterite
- gingest bankrott second-person singular subjunctive
- ginget bankrott plural second-person subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is bankrottgehen in German?
bankrottgehen appears about once in every 71 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).