• Undaunted@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    I have something called liability insurance (Haftpflichtversicherung) and it covers up to 10.000.000 € in damages I could inflict on other peoples property. And it only costs me 75 € a year. Nearly everyone here has such an insurance.

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      2 days ago

      Sounds like a good idea. In Australia we have something like that specifically for cars/driving but it would be cool as a general thing

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      2 days ago

      You got me to double check whether I actually have liability insurance (aansprakelijkheidsverzekering in Dutch)

      Looks like I’m good 👍

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          No. Just like German, Dutch uses compound words.

          “Aansprakelijkheidsverzekering” is two words in a trench coat:

          • Aansprakelijkheid (liability, or more literally: adressableness)
          • Verzekering (insurance, or more literally: assurance)

          You can further break those down too:

          • “Aansprakelijkheid” is built around the word “spraak” (speech), so if we want to be even more literal it means “to-speakable-ness”
          • “Verzekering” is built around the word “zeker” (certain/sure), hence the literal meaning “a-sure-ance”

          So in a way that word means “to-speakableness-assurance”

          Edit: One of the longest (non-medical) words in the dictionary is actually another type of insurance:

          “Arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering” (Insurance for being unfit to work (i.e. disability insurance), literally “labour-unsuitableness-assurance”)