schuldenberg
See also: Schuldenberg
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Compound of schuld (“debt(s)”) + -en- + berg (“mountain, pile”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
schuldenberg m (plural schuldenbergen, diminutive schuldenbergje n)
- (figurative) A mountain of debts (load of (accumulated) debt).
Usage notes edit
As a rhetorical device this is typically used of individual debts, household debts and public debts, less commonly of corporate debts.