De betrouwbaarheid
Example: De betrouwbaarheid van het personeel is cruciaal voor ons bedrijf.
Definition
"De betrouwbaarheid" refers to the quality or characteristic of being dependable, trustworthy, and consistent, especially in the context of personnel or systems. It indicates how much confidence one can have that someone or something will perform as expected without failure.
Etymology
The Dutch word "de betrouwbaarheid" comes from the root word "betrouwbaar," meaning reliable or trustworthy, combined with the suffix "-heid," which forms nouns indicating a state or quality. The term literally translates to 'the reliability' and has been used in Dutch to describe trustworthiness and dependability for centuries.
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"De betrouwbaarheid" appears in the Vocaplus list "Dutch - HR - (A1-C2) - set 1", containing 182 commonly used words.
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