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Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vərˈloːrə(n)/, /vɛrˈloːrə(n)/
- Hyphenation: ver‧lo‧ren
- Rhymes: -oːrən
Verb
verloren
- inflection of verliezen:
- plural past indicative
- (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive
Participle
verloren
- past participle of verliezen
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
German
Etymology
From Middle High German verlorn, from Old High German firloran, from Proto-West Germanic *fraloʀan, from Proto-Germanic *fraluzanaz.
Pronunciation
Participle
verloren
- past participle of verlieren
Adjective
verloren (strong nominative masculine singular verlorener, not comparable)
- lost, missing
- doomed, forlorn
Declension
Positive forms of verloren (uncomparable)
Verb
verloren
- first/third-person plural preterite of verlieren
Further reading
- “verloren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verloren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verloren” in Duden online
- “verloren” in OpenThesaurus.de
Middle Dutch
Participle
verlōren
- past participle of verliesen
Verb
verlōren
- first/third-person plural past indicative/subjunctive of verliesen