Havarie

See also: havárie

German

Eine Havarie

Etymology

Via Middle Low German haverye from early modern Dutch haverij, from Italian avaria, from Arabic عَوَارِيَّة (ʿawāriyya). Compare contemporary Dutch averij.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌhavaˈriː/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Havarie f (genitive Havarie, plural Havarien)

  1. accident, emergency (most often of a ship); shipwreck

Declension

Derived terms

  • havarieren

Further reading

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