Kurssturz

German

Etymology

Kurs (“price, course”) +‎ Sturz (“fall, plunge, crash”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʊʁsˌʃtʊʁt͡s]
  • Hyphenation: Kurs‧sturz

Noun

Kurssturz m (strong, genitive Kurssturzes, plural Kurssturze)

  1. (finance, stock market) price plunge, crash, nosedive (a sudden and very sharp drop in the value of a security or the entire market)
    Ein enttäuschender Ausblick auf das nächste Quartal löste bei der Aktie einen Kurssturz von 15 Prozent aus.
    A disappointing outlook for the next quarter triggered a 15 percent price plunge in the stock.

Declension

Declension of Kurssturz [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Kurssturz die Kurssturze
genitive eines des Kurssturzes der Kurssturze
dative einem dem Kurssturz, Kurssturze1 den Kurssturzen
accusative einen den Kurssturz die Kurssturze

1Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms

  • Kurseinbruch (price collapse; implies a sudden breaking of a support level)
  • Kursrutsch (price slide; often used for a rapid but slightly less violent drop)
  • Absturz (crash/plummet; very informal and dramatic)

Antonyms

  • Kurssprung (price jump; the sudden upward equivalent)
  • Kursrally (price rally; a sustained rapid increase)

Coordinate terms

  • Crash (crash; usually refers to the whole market rather than a single stock)
  • Panikverkauf (panic selling; the psychological driver of a Kurssturz)
  • Stop-Loss-Order (stop-loss order; a tool used to limit losses during a Kurssturz)
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