No. 1,860 in Swedish

konkurs

Bankruptcy.

In a sentence

Företaget gick i konkurs på grund av dålig ekonomisk planering.
The company went bankrupt due to poor financial planning.
In this sentence, 'konkurs' is used as a noun to describe the state of bankruptcy of an entity.
Han var mycket orolig för att hamna i konkurs efter året krävande ekonomiska beslut.
He was very worried about going bankrupt after the year's demanding financial decisions.
Here, 'konkurs' refers to the personal or organizational failure to meet financial obligations, leading to bankruptcy.
Efter konkursutredningen visade det sig att ekonomichefen hade begått flera felaktigheter.
After the bankruptcy investigation, it turned out that the financial manager had made several mistakes.
The word 'konkurs' is connected to 'konkursutredningen,' denoting an investigation into bankruptcy or insolvency situations.

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