verliezen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch verliesen, from Old Dutch farliesan, from Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną. Cognate with German verlieren. Compare Ancient Greek λύω (lúō, “loose, untie”), Latin solvō (“dissolve”), English forlorn.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vərˈlizə(n)/, /vɛrˈlizə(n)/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ver‧lie‧zen
  • Rhymes: -izən

Verb

verliezen

  1. to lose (possession)
  2. to lose (a game), to be defeated

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: verloor
  • Negerhollands: verlies, verloor

References
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