verliezen

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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)/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧lie‧zen
  • Rhymes: -izən

Verb

verliezen

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

Inflection

Inflection of verliezen (strong class 2a, irregular, prefixed)
infinitive verliezen
past singular verloor
past participle verloren
infinitive verliezen
gerund verliezen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular verlies verloor
2nd person sing. (jij) verliest verloor
2nd person sing. (u) verliest verloor
2nd person sing. (gij) verliest verloort
3rd person singular verliest verloor
plural verliezen verloren
subjunctive sing.1 verlieze verlore
subjunctive plur.1 verliezen verloren
imperative sing. verlies
imperative plur.1 verliest
participles verliezend verloren
1) Archaic.

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Descendants

  • Afrikaans: verloor
  • Negerhollands: verlies, verloor

References

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