Liquiditätsengpass

German

Etymology

Liquidität (“liquidity”) +‎ -s- (“bottleneck/shortage”) +‎ Engpass

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [likvidiˈtɛːtsˌʔɛŋpas]
  • Hyphenation: Li‧qui‧di‧täts‧eng‧pass

Noun

Liquiditätsengpass m (strong, genitive Liquiditätsengpasses, plural Liquiditätsengpasse)

  1. (finance, business) liquidity shortage, cash crunch (a temporary situation where cash outflows exceed cash inflows, hindering the ability to meet short-term obligations)
    Trotz voller Auftragsbücher geriet das Startup aus dem Wissenssektor in einen gefährlichen Liquiditätsengpass.
    Despite a full order book, the startup from the knowledge sector ran into a dangerous liquidity bottleneck.

Declension

Declension of Liquiditätsengpass [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Liquiditätsengpass die Liquiditätsengpasse
genitive eines des Liquiditätsengpasses der Liquiditätsengpasse
dative einem dem Liquiditätsengpass, Liquiditätsengpasse1 den Liquiditätsengpassen
accusative einen den Liquiditätsengpass die Liquiditätsengpasse

1Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms

  • Zahlungsschwierigkeiten (payment difficulties)
  • Liquiditätsklemme (liquidity squeeze)
  • Finanzierungsloch (funding gap)

Antonyms

Coordinate terms

  • Cashflow (the flow that, if negative, causes the bottleneck)
  • Forderungsausfall (default on receivables; a common cause)
  • Überbrückungskredit (bridge loan; a common solution)
  • Insolvenzgefahr (the risk if the bottleneck is not cleared)
  • engpassbeseitigend (bottleneck-clearing)
  • Liquiditätsstatus (liquidity status)
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