English-Danish translations for breakdown

• havari
• sammenbrud
  Det var ikke mit land, der var skyld i den europæiske enheds sammenbrud. It was not my country that caused the breakdown in European unity.
  Årsagen er selvfølgelig fattigdom, kriminalitet og et sammenbrud i det civile samfund. The cause, of course, is poverty, criminality and a breakdown in civil society.
  Uden reformer er det ikke svært at forudsige møntunionens sammenbrud. Without reforms, it is not difficult to foresee the breakdown of monetary union.

Definition of breakdown

• A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed
• A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability
• Listing, division or categorization in great detail
• A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required
• A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre
• A loss of organization (of the parts of a system
• A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in Southern United States African American music
• Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo
• The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music

Examples

• We saw a breakdown by the side of the road.
• After so much stress, he suffered a breakdown and simply gave up.
• Looking at the breakdown of the budget, I see a few items we could cut.
• Foggy Mountain Breakdown

Related words

• breakdown truck
• breakdown lorry
• breakdown process
• breakdown service
• breakdown van
• breakdown triangle
• breakdown bay
• breakdown product
• nervous breakdown