German word

Dividende

Pronunciation

IPA/diːviˈdɛndə/

Meaning

  • feminine noundividend

Example

Diese Aktie zahlt seit Jahren stabile Dividenden.

This stock has been paying stable dividends for years.

Illustration for Dividende (dividend)

More examples

Nach Bekanntgabe des Ergebnisses kündigte das Unternehmen eine erhöhte Dividende an.

After announcing the results, the company announced an increased dividend.

Core concept

Each share opens a small window onto a company's distributed profit.

Common phrases

  • stabile Dividenden

    stable dividends

  • Dividende pro Aktie

    dividend per share

  • Ausschüttung von Dividenden

    distribution of dividends

Similar words

Ausschüttung: A payment distributed to shareholders or other investors in cash or shares.
Rendite: The percentage of profit earned relative to the amount invested.
Gewinn: Money left after a company subtracts its costs from sales.
Dividendenrendite: The dividend per share expressed as a percentage of the share price.

Definition in German

Dividende ist die Ausschüttung eines Teils des Gewinns eines Unternehmens an die Aktionäre.

Word origin

The financial noun Dividende developed from Latin dividenda, "what must be divided," through French usage into the modern German and English terms.

Usage tips

  • Companies zahlen or schütten eine Dividende aus, while shareholders erhalten or bekommen eine Dividende; these verbs mark the two viewpoints.

Opposites

  • Thesaurierungearnings retentionnoun
  • Ausschüttungsverzichtwaiver of distributionnoun

Related words

  • Dividendenrenditedividend yieldnoun
  • Dividendenpolitikdividend policynoun
  • dividendenorientiertdividend-orientedadjective

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