German word

Eigenkapital

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈaɪ̯gn̩kapiˌtaːl/

Meaning

  • neuter nounequity

Example

Das Eigenkapital des Unternehmens ist gesunken.

The company's equity has decreased.

Illustration for Eigenkapital (equity)

More examples

Das Unternehmen versucht, durch gezielte Investitionen Eigenkapital aufzubauen.

The company is trying to build equity through targeted investments.

Core concept

The owners' remaining financial share in a business, contrasted with money owed to outside creditors.

Common phrases

  • Eigenkapital aufbauen

    build equity

  • Eigenkapital erhöhen

    increase equity

  • hohes Eigenkapital

    high equity

Similar words

Fremdkapital: External funding from loans or bonds that requires repayment.
Eigenkapitalquote: The percentage of total capital represented by owners' funds.
Stammkapital: Shareholder capital legally contributed at the time of incorporation.
Rücklagen: Part of a company's profits kept inside the business as reserves.

Definition in German

Eigenkapital bezeichnet den Anteil des Vermögens, der nach Abzug aller Verbindlichkeiten dem Unternehmen bzw. den Eigentümern verbleibt.

Word origin

Eigenkapital is a German compound of eigen, 'own', and Kapital, a word derived from Latin capitale for capital or property.

Usage tips

  • The noun is neuter and takes the article das, as in 'Das Eigenkapital des Unternehmens ist gesunken.'

Other meanings

  • shareholders' equitynoun
  • own fundsnoun
  • net assetsnoun

Opposites

  • Fremdkapitalborrowed capitalnoun
  • Schuldendebtsnoun

Related words

  • Eigenkapitalerhöhungequity increasenoun
  • Eigenkapitalquoteequity rationoun
  • eigenkapitalfinanziertequity-financedadjective

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