Fremdkapitalquote
German
Etymology
Fremdkapital (“debt capital; liabilities”) + Quote (“quota; ratio”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfʁɛmtkapiˌtaːlkvote/
- Hyphenation: Fremd‧ka‧pi‧tal‧quo‧te
Noun
Fremdkapitalquote f (genitive Fremdkapitalquote, plural Fremdkapitalquoten)
- (finance, accounting) debt ratio (a financial ratio that indicates the percentage of a company's assets that are provided via debt)
- Eine sehr hohe Fremdkapitalquote kann die Kreditwürdigkeit eines Unternehmens beeinträchtigen.
- A very high debt ratio can impair the creditworthiness of a company.
- Die Fremdkapitalquote ist das Gegenstück zur Eigenkapitalquote.
- The debt ratio is the counterpart to the equity ratio.
Declension
Declension of Fremdkapitalquote [feminine]
Antonyms
- Eigenkapitalquote (equity ratio)
Coordinate terms
- Verschuldungsgrad (leverage ratio; debt-to-equity ratio)
- Anlagedeckungsgrad (asset coverage ratio)
Related terms
- Bilanzsumme (total assets; balance sheet total)
- Fremdfinanzierung (debt financing)
- Verschuldungsgrenze (debt limit)
Further reading
- Fremdkapitalquote on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
References
- “Fremdkapitalquote” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Fremdkapitalquote” in Duden online