het faillissement
bankruptcy
noun · /ˌfaː.ji.səˈmɛnt/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het faillissement?
Forms
- Article
- het faillissement
- Plural
- de faillissementen
- Diminutive
- het faillissementje
- Also means
- demise
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Het faillissement van de winkel was onvermijdelijk.
The bankruptcy of the store was inevitable.
Slechte beslissingen leidden tot het faillissement.
Bad decisions led to the bankruptcy.
Na het faillissement sloten alle filialen.
After the bankruptcy, all branches closed.
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