No. 1,273 in Dutch
failliet
Bankrupt.
In a sentence
Het bedrijf ging failliet na jaren van slechte investeringen.
The company went bankrupt after years of bad investments.
Here, 'failliet' is used as an adjective describing the state of the company after financial collapse.
Ze heeft alles gedaan om te voorkomen dat haar winkel failliet zou gaan.
She did everything to prevent her store from going bankrupt.
In this sentence, 'failliet' is part of the verb phrase indicating the potential outcome of financial failure.
Ik hoorde dat jouw favoriete winkel zojuist failliet is verklaard.
I heard that your favorite store has just been declared bankrupt.
Here, 'failliet' is used in conjunction with 'verklaard' to indicate an official declaration of bankruptcy.
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