# der Zahlungsrückstand

der Zahlungsrückstand is a German noun meaning “arrears”. Forms: des Zahlungsrückstands, die Zahlungsrückstande.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Zahlungsrückstands
- Plural: die Zahlungsrückstande

## Meanings

1. arrears, payment backlog, outstanding payment (an amount of money that is owed and should have been paid earlier)
   - Wegen ausstehender Honorare geriet der Mandant tief in den Zahlungsrückstand. — Due to outstanding fees, the client fell deeply into arrears.

## Examples

- Wir wollen nicht in Zahlungsrückstand geraten. — We don't want to get into arrears.

## Related words

- Antonym: Zahlungsausgleich, Guthaben

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