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)

1. (law, accounting) damage in transit; average (financial sense)
2. (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