Schulden tilgen

to pay off debts

Türkçe: borçları ödemek

Noun

Schulden Pl.

Verb

tilgen

Topic

Recht und Politik

In a sentence

Der Unternehmer tilgte seine Schulden innerhalb von fünf Jahren.

How it is used

Means 'to pay off debts' completely, often through installments. Formal register. Use in a contract or financial report about amortizing a mortgage. Nuance: implies systematic repayment over time.

Other verbs that go with Schulden

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• Schulden machento incur debts
• Schulden abbauento reduce debts
• Schulden begleichento settle debts
• Schulden erlassento forgive debts
• Schulden habento have debts

All collocations with Schulden

Other collocations built on tilgen

• eine Schuld tilgento pay off/amortize a debt