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German
Etymology
From Middle High German verweisen. By surface analysis, ver- + Waise (“orphan”) + -en.
Pronunciation
Verb
verwaisen (weak, third-person singular present verwaist, past tense verwaiste, past participle verwaist, auxiliary sein)
- (of a child) to be orphaned, to become an orphan
- (fairly rare, of a parent) to lose one's child
- 1998, Frieder R. Lang, Yvonne Schütze, in: Michael Wagner, Yvonne Schütze (eds.), Verwandtschaft: Sozialwissenschaftliche Beiträge zu einem vernachlässigten Thema, volume 14 of: Der Mensch als soziales und personales Wesen, edited by L. Krappmann, K. A. Schneewind, L. A. Vaskovics, Enke →ISBN, page 176
Im Vergleich zu lebenslang Kinderlosen berichten die verwaisten Eltern häufiger Zärtlichkeit und Hilfeaustausch in ihren Verwandtschaftsbeziehungen.- In comparison to those who are childless for life, bereaved parents more often report tenderness and mutual help in their family relationships.
2005, Heinrich Thies, Ronny Rieken: Portrait eines Kindermörders, zu Klampen Verlag GbR, →ISBN:Überall und immer wieder waren die verwaisten Eltern in Strücklingen an das Grauen erinnert worden, das an jenem Märztag des Jahres 1998 über sie hereingebrochen war.- Always and everywhere in Strücklingen, the bereaved parents were reminded of the horror that had shattered their lives on a March day in 1998.
- (figurative, of a place, function etc.) to be abandoned, to become vacant
Conjugation
Conjugation of
verwaisen (
weak, auxiliary
sein)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
verwaisen (
weak, auxiliary
sein)
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