Ausfallereignis
German
Etymology
Ausfall (“default/failure”) + Ereignis (“event”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈaʊ̯sfalʔɛɐ̯ˌʔaɪ̯ɡnɪs]
- Hyphenation: Aus‧fall‧er‧eig‧nis
Noun
Ausfallereignis n (strong, genitive Ausfallereignisses, plural Ausfallereignisse)
- (finance, insurance) credit event, default event (a specific occurrence that triggers a payment under a credit derivative or insurance contract)
- Die Nichtzahlung von Zinsen durch den Referenzschuldner wurde offiziell als Ausfallereignis eingestuft.
- The non-payment of interest by the reference entity was officially classified as a credit event.
Declension
Declension of Ausfallereignis [neuter, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Ausfallereignis | die | Ausfallereignisse |
| genitive | eines | des | Ausfallereignisses | der | Ausfallereignisse |
| dative | einem | dem | Ausfallereignis, Ausfallereignisse1 | den | Ausfallereignissen |
| accusative | ein | das | Ausfallereignis | die | Ausfallereignisse |
1Now rare, see notes.
Synonyms
- Kreditereignis (credit event)
- Zahlungsausfall (payment default)
Antonyms
- Zahlungserfüllung (fulfillment of payment obligations)
- Vertragstreue (adherence to contract terms)
Hypernyms
- Rechtstatsache (legal fact)
- Trigger (trigger event)
Coordinate terms
- Basiswert (the underlying financial instrument or debt on which a derivative is based)
- Emittent (the entity, such as a corporation or government, that issues and sells securities)
- Gläubiger (the party to whom a debt is owed by the debtor)
- Kreditausfallswap (a financial derivative used to hedge credit risk or speculate on default)
- Referenzschuldner (the legal entity whose credit risk is transferred in a credit derivative contract)
- Sicherungsgeber (the party providing credit protection in a swap agreement; the seller)
- Sicherungsnehmer (the party buying credit protection in a swap agreement; the buyer)
Related terms
- ausfallen (to fail/default)
- Ereignisprotokoll (event log)
- Trigger-Klausel (contractual provision defining the credit event)
References
- “Ausfallereignis” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Ausfallereignis” in Duden online