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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German verlies (“loss”), cognate with Dutch verlies (“id.”) and German verlieren (“to lose”). Apparently, the original meaning is "place where someone is lost"; possibly a second word (like "place", "hole") has been omitted, although no such compound seems to be attested.
Pronunciation
Noun
Verlies n (strong, genitive Verlieses, plural Verliese, diminutive Verlieschen n)
- dungeon (historic prison in a vault)
Gefangene Feinde ließ man in Verliesen unterhalb der Burg verhungern.- Captured enemies were starved to death in dungeons below the castle.
- an underground prison or place of captivity
Der Entführer hielt sein Opfer in einem eigens gebauten Verlies im Keller seines Hauses.- The kidnapper held his victim in a specially built prison in the basement of his house.
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