Börsenkrach
German, noun/ˈbœʁzn̩ˌkʁax/
Börsenkrach is spelled B-Ö-R-S-E-N-K-R-A-C-H (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 172,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Börsenkrach is a German masculine noun meaning “stock market crash (a sudden and severe fall in stock prices across a substantial part of a stock market, often accompanied by panic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “plötzlicher, enorm hoher Kursverlust an einer Börse”.
What does Börsenkrach mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestock market crash (a sudden and severe fall in stock prices across a substantial part of a stock market, often accompanied by panic selling and major market disruption)
Nach tagelangen Kursverlusten lösten panikartige Verkäufe schließlich einen schweren Börsenkrach aus.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. plötzlicher, enorm hoher Kursverlust an einer Börse
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 Börsenkrach
- Börsenkraches genitive
- Börsenkrachs genitive
- Börsenkräche plural
- Börsenkrache dative singular
- Börsenkrächen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Börsenkrach?
- /ˈbœʁzn̩ˌkʁax/
- [ˈbœʁzn̩ˌkʁax]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Börsenkrach in German?
Börsenkrach appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).