forlise
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German vorliesen (“to lose”), from Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną, cognate with German verlieren, Dutch verliezen, English forlese (obsolete), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (fraliusan).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔrliːˀsə/, [fʌˈliˀsə]
Verb
forlise (past tense forliste, past participle forlist)
- (intransitive) to be shipwrecked (of a person at sea)
- (intransitive) to be lost, wrecked (of a ship at sea)
- (intransitive, figuratively) to fail
- (transitive, archaic) to lose
Conjugation
Inflection of forlise
| present | past | |
|---|---|---|
| simple | forliser | forliste |
| perfect | har forlist | havde forlist |
| passive | forlises | forlistes |
| participle | forlisende | forlist |
| imperative | forlis | — |
| infinitive | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | — |
| auxiliary verb | have | — |
| gerund | forlisen | — |
References
- “forlise” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German vorliesen (“to lose”), from Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną, cognate with German verlieren, Dutch verliezen, English forlese (obsolete), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (fraliusan).
Verb
forlise (past tense forliste, past participle forlist)
- (intransitive) to be shipwrecked (of a person at sea)
- (intransitive) to be lost, wrecked (of a ship at sea)
- (intransitive, figuratively) to fail
- (transitive, archaic) to lose
References
- “forlise” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
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