averij

Dutch

Alternative forms

haverij (obsolete)

Etymology

From Italian avaria (possibly via French avarie), from Arabic عوارية (ʕawāriyya).

Pronunciation

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Noun

averij f (plural averijen, diminutive averijtje n)

(law, accounting) damage in transit; average (financial sense)
(by extension) damage in general
De minister-president liep politieke averij op door zijn incompetente reactie op de crisis.
The prime minister suffered political damage due to his incompetent reaction to the crisis.

Descendants

German: Havarie
- → Czech: havárie
  - → Slovak: havária
    - → Hungarian: havária
- → Danish: havari
- → Finnish: haveri
- → Norwegian Bokmål: havari
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: havari
- → Serbo-Croatian: havarija, хаварија
  - → Macedonian: хаварија (havarija)
- → Slovene: havária
- → Swedish: haveri

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