insolvent

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-bor.

Middle English in-

English in-

English solvent

English insolvent

From in- + solvent.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭn-sŏlvʹ-ənt, IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɒlv.ənt/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɑːɫv.ənt/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɒɫv.ənt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒlvənt

Adjective

insolvent (comparative more insolvent, superlative most insolvent)

1. Unable to pay one's bills as they fall due.

   an insolvent debtor

   • 2025 October 15, “News: Pathfinder to run final trains”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 13:

     Pathfinder is keen to stress it is not insolvent, but owner Barry Cordell, who is in his late 80s, has decided he can no longer bankroll the company.

2. Owing more than one has in assets.
3. Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner.

   an insolvent estate

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:impoverished

Antonyms

• solvent

Derived terms

• insolvency
• insolvently

Translations

Unable to pay

• Afrikaans: insolvent, bankrot
• Belarusian: неплацежаздо́льны (njeplacježazdólʹny)
• Bulgarian: несъстоятелен (bg) (nesăstojatelen), банкрутирал (bankrutiral)
• Catalan: insolvent (ca)
• Czech: insolventní (cs), platebně neschopný
• Danish: insolvent
• Finnish: maksukyvytön (fi)
• French: insolvable (fr)
• German: insolvent (de), zahlungsunfähig (de)
• Greek: χρεωκοπημένος (el) (chreokopiménos)
• Hungarian: fizetőképtelen, fizetésképtelen (hu)
• Italian: insolvente (it)
• Macedonian: инсолвентен (insolventen), несолвентен (nesolventen)
• Manx: neuhoogh
• Māori: pēkerapu
• Norman: însolvabl'ye m or f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: betalingsudyktig, insolvent

  Nynorsk: insolvent

• Polish: niewypłacalny (pl)
• Portuguese: insolvente
• Romanian: insolvent, insolvabil (ro)
• Russian: неплатёжеспосо́бный (ru) (neplatjožesposóbnyj)
• Spanish: insolvente (es)
• Turkish: müflis, batkın

  Ottoman Turkish: باتقین (batkın)

• Ukrainian: неплатоспромо́жний (neplatospromóžnyj)

Noun

insolvent (plural insolvents)

1. (law) One who is insolvent; an insolvent debtor.

Usage notes

• In England, before 1861, especially applied to persons who were not traders.

Translations

bankrupt — see bankrupt

References

• “insolvent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

German

Etymology

17th century, from Dutch insolvent (1582). Equivalent to in- +‎ solvent. The latter is younger in German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnzɔlˈvɛnt/, (also) /ˈɪnzɔlˌvɛnt/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

insolvent (strong nominative masculine singular insolventer, comparative insolventer, superlative am insolventesten)

1. insolvent

   Synonyms: zahlungsunfähig, illiquide

   Synonyms: solvent, zahlungsfähig, zahlungskräftig, liquide, flüssig

Declension

Positive forms of insolvent number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist insolvent sie ist insolvent es ist insolvent sie sind insolvent strong declension (without article) nominative insolventer insolvente insolventes insolvente genitive insolventen insolventer insolventen insolventer dative insolventem insolventer insolventem insolventen accusative insolventen insolvente insolventes insolvente weak declension (with definite article) nominative der insolvente die insolvente das insolvente die insolventen genitive des insolventen der insolventen des insolventen der insolventen dative dem insolventen der insolventen dem insolventen den insolventen accusative den insolventen die insolvente das insolvente die insolventen mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein insolventer eine insolvente ein insolventes (keine) insolventen genitive eines insolventen einer insolventen eines insolventen (keiner) insolventen dative einem insolventen einer insolventen einem insolventen (keinen) insolventen accusative einen insolventen eine insolvente ein insolventes (keine) insolventen Comparative forms of insolvent number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist insolventer sie ist insolventer es ist insolventer sie sind insolventer strong declension (without article) nominative insolventerer insolventere insolventeres insolventere genitive insolventeren insolventerer insolventeren insolventerer dative insolventerem insolventerer insolventerem insolventeren accusative insolventeren insolventere insolventeres insolventere weak declension (with definite article) nominative der insolventere die insolventere das insolventere die insolventeren genitive des insolventeren der insolventeren des insolventeren der insolventeren dative dem insolventeren der insolventeren dem insolventeren den insolventeren accusative den insolventeren die insolventere das insolventere die insolventeren mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein insolventerer eine insolventere ein insolventeres (keine) insolventeren genitive eines insolventeren einer insolventeren eines insolventeren (keiner) insolventeren dative einem insolventeren einer insolventeren einem insolventeren (keinen) insolventeren accusative einen insolventeren eine insolventere ein insolventeres (keine) insolventeren Superlative forms of insolvent number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist am insolventesten sie ist am insolventesten es ist am insolventesten sie sind am insolventesten strong declension (without article) nominative insolventester insolventeste insolventestes insolventeste genitive insolventesten insolventester insolventesten insolventester dative insolventestem insolventester insolventestem insolventesten accusative insolventesten insolventeste insolventestes insolventeste weak declension (with definite article) nominative der insolventeste die insolventeste das insolventeste die insolventesten genitive des insolventesten der insolventesten des insolventesten der insolventesten dative dem insolventesten der insolventesten dem insolventesten den insolventesten accusative den insolventesten die insolventeste das insolventeste die insolventesten mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein insolventester eine insolventeste ein insolventestes (keine) insolventesten genitive eines insolventesten einer insolventesten eines insolventesten (keiner) insolventesten dative einem insolventesten einer insolventesten einem insolventesten (keinen) insolventesten accusative einen insolventesten eine insolventeste ein insolventestes (keine) insolventesten

Related terms

• Insolvenz

Further reading

• “insolvent” in Duden online
• “insolvent”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German insolvent.

Adjective

insolvent (neuter singular insolvent, definite singular and plural insolvente)

1. insolvent

Antonyms

• solvent

Related terms

• insolvens

References

• “insolvent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German insolvent.

Adjective

insolvent (neuter singular insolvent, definite singular and plural insolvente)

1. insolvent

Antonyms

• solvent

Related terms

• insolvens

References

• “insolvent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German insolvent.

Adjective

insolvent m or n (feminine singular insolventă, masculine plural insolvenți, feminine/neuter plural insolvente)

1. bankrupt

Declension

Declension of insolvent

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	insolvent		insolventă	insolvenți	insolvente
	definite	insolventul		insolventa	insolvenții	insolventele
genitive- dative	indefinite	insolvent		insolvente	insolvenți	insolvente
	definite	insolventului		insolventei	insolvenților	insolventelor