pleite
broke, out of money
Origin
Via Yiddish from Hebrew („peleta“, escape). „Pleite gehen“ is bankruptcy, „pleite sein“ simply having no money.
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Examples
Ich bin .
I'm broke until Friday.
broke, out of money
Via Yiddish from Hebrew („peleta“, escape). „Pleite gehen“ is bankruptcy, „pleite sein“ simply having no money.
Ich bin .
I'm broke until Friday.