accident

[US]/ˈæksɪdənt/
[UK]/ˈæksɪdənt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. uventet begivenhed, hændelse, skæbne, forsyn.
Word Forms
Pluralaccidents

Phrases & Collocations

car accident

bilulykke

traffic accident

trafikulykke

fatal accident

dødsulykke

workplace accident

arbejdsulykke

minor accident

mindre ulykke

by accident

tilfældigvis

accident insurance

ulykforsikring

accident prevention

ulykkesforebyggelse

fire accident

brandulykke

accident rate

ulykkesrisiko

road accident

vejudlykke

nuclear accident

atomulykke

industrial accident

industriulykke

have an accident

søge en ulykke

cerebrovascular accident

cerebrovaskulær hændelse

personal accident insurance

personlig ulykkesforsikring

collision accident

sammenstødsulykke

vehicle accident

køretøjsulykke

aviation accident

flyulykke

transportation accident

transportulykke

unexpected accident

uventet ulykke

Example Sentences

The accident was no joke.

Ulykken var ingen joke.

an accident black spot.

et ulykkespunkt

the cause of the accident is not clear.

årsagen til ulykken er ikke klar.

accidents of the ground

ulykker på jorden

an accident out of negligence

en ulykke på grund af forsømmelse

The accident was a terrible thing.

Ulykken var en frygtelig ting.

The accident was the death of him.

Ulykken var hans død.

The accident was due to negligence.

Ulykken var på grund af forsømmelse.

a frightful accident

en frygtelig ulykke

he had an accident at the factory.

han havde en ulykke på fabrikken.

the accident was due to excessive speed.

ulykken var på grund af for høj fart.

We met by accident at the airport.

Vi mødtes ved et tilfælde i lufthavnen.

The accident luxate the left shoulder.

Ulykken dislokerede venstre skulder.

There was a horrible accident here yesterday.

Der var en frygtelig ulykke her i går.

He had an accident at work.

Han havde en ulykke på arbejdet.

Who is in fault in the accident?

Hvem er skyld i ulykken?

The accident gave me the shivers.

Ulykken gav mig gåsehud.

There was a tragic accident on the highway yesterday.

Der var en tragisk ulykke på motorvejen i går.

Real-world Examples

We don't want any accidents, do we?

Vi ønsker ikke nogen ulykker, gør vi?

Source: Cambridge IELTS Listening Actual Test 11

One fall is an accident, three an epidemic.

Et fald er en ulykke, tre er en epidemi.

Source: 2 Broke Girls Season 5

However, successful urbanism is never an accident.

Men succesfuld byplanlægning er aldrig en tilfældighed.

Source: History

Me smashing those photographs was not an accident.

At jeg smadrede de billeder var ikke en tilfældighed.

Source: Before I Met You Selected

Officials don't know yet what caused the accident.

Embedsmænd ved endnu ikke, hvad der forårsagede ulykken.

Source: CNN Selected May 2015 Collection

So what began as Roentgen's happy accident has become a medical marvel.

Så det, der begyndte som Roentgens heldige tilfældighed, er blevet et medicinsk vidunder.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

More than a hundreds worshipers died in Friday's accident.

Mere end hundrede tilbedere døde i fredagens ulykke.

Source: BBC Listening September 2015 Collection

And he had suffered a bad accident.

Og han havde lidt en alvorlig ulykke.

Source: Global Slow English

'It takes two to make an accident.'

Det kræver to for at forårsage en ulykke.

Source: The Great Gatsby (Original Version)

'It was no accident! 'he said, angrily.

Det var ingen tilfældighed! 'sagde han vredt.

Source: Black Steed (Selected)

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