insolvent

English

Etymology

in- +‎ solvent

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭn-sŏlvʹ-ənt, IPA^(key): /ɪn.ˈsɒlv.ənt/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪn.ˈsɑːɫv.ənt/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪn.ˈsɒɫv.ənt/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒlvənt

Adjective

insolvent (comparative more insolvent, superlative most insolvent)

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

   an insolvent debtor

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

• Belarusian: неплацежаздо́льны (njeplacježazdólʹny)
• Bulgarian: несъстоятелен (bg) (nesǎstojatelen), 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
• Maori: 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)
• 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

  (file)

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

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 and 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