Havarie

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See also: havárie

German

Eine Havarie

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Havarie f (genitive Havarie, plural Havarien)

  1. accident, emergency (most often of a ship); shipwreck
    • 1873, Theodor Fontane, Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg [Ramblings through Brandenburg]‎, Dritter Teil: Havelland, Berlin: Hertz, page 174:
      So wird denn das aus eigenen Mitteln eine Kahnflotte hinaussendende Caput, das, wenn es sein müßte, sich selbst genügen würde, zugleich zu einem allgemeinen See- und Handelsplatz, zu einem Hafen für die Schiffe anderer Gegenden, und die Flottillen von Rathenow, Plaue, Brandenburg, wenn eine Havarie sie trifft oder ein Orkan im Anzuge ist, laufen hier an und werfen Anker.
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