averij

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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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
    • → Slovene: havária
    • → Swedish: haveri
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