schuldenberg

Compound of schuld (“debt(s)”) +‎ -en- +‎ berg (“mountain, pile”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsxʏl.də(n)ˌbɛrx/

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• Hyphenation: schul‧den‧berg

schuldenberg m (plural schuldenbergen, diminutive schuldenbergje n)

1. (figurative) a mountain of debts (load of (accumulated) debt)

As a rhetorical device this is typically used of individual debts, household debts and public debts, less commonly of corporate debts.

• schuldenlast