havarieren

German

Etymology

From Havarie.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /havaˈʁiːʁən/
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Verb

havarieren (weak, third-person singular present havariert, past tense havarierte, past participle havariert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (originally nautical, now also figurative) to break down, to fail
    • 2022 October 29, Volker Neubauer, “Neue Begriffe braucht die Welt: Lexikon der erfundenen Wörter”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN:
      [havracken] beschreibt den betrügerischen Vorgang, ein marodes, aber beladenes Schiff havarieren zu lassen und die Versicherung in Anspruch zu nehmen, anstatt es kostenpflichtig abzuwracken.
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Conjugation

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