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burgerlijke leeftijd

English translation: age (in whole years)

14:20 Jan 26, 2007
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Insurance / Pension regulation
Dutch term or phrase: burgerlijke leeftijd
Is this 'official age' in English?

Bij aanvang van een verzekering wordt de burgerlijke leeftijd verhoogd met
de wachttijd van de WAO.

Thanks.
Bracha de Man
Local time: 11:43
English translation:age (in whole years)
Explanation:
This seems to be used a lot in pension and insurance texts, but I've never come across a definition. According to Van Dale (GWdNT), a 'burgerlijk jaar' is a year 'afgerond op 365 of 366 dagen). By analogy, 'burgerlijke leeftijd' would be 'age in whole years'.
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Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 10:43
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4 +2age (in whole years)
Chris Hopley


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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
age (in whole years)


Explanation:
This seems to be used a lot in pension and insurance texts, but I've never come across a definition. According to Van Dale (GWdNT), a 'burgerlijk jaar' is a year 'afgerond op 365 of 366 dagen). By analogy, 'burgerlijke leeftijd' would be 'age in whole years'.

Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 10:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 47
Grading comment
Thanks
Notes to answerer
Asker: This Q was apparently asked before. One of the previous suggestions was 'actual age' which I selected for my context. Your answer of course is also correct. Thanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ken Cox: the google hits I see are consistent with this; it's the age you normally give if someone asks you how old you are (instead of 34 years, three months, 1 week, 2 days, five hours, 17 minutes and 4, nope, make that 5, seconds).
3 hrs
agree  Saskia Steur (X)
6 hrs
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