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verlieren

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German verliesen, from Old High German firliosan, from Proto-West Germanic *fraleusan, from Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leu- (“to detach”). Compare Ancient Greek λύω (lúō, “loose, untie”), Latin solvō (“dissolve”), English forlorn, Dutch verliezen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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verlieren (class 2 strong, third-person singular present verliert, past tense verlor, past participle verloren, past subjunctive verlöre, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to lose (something, or a game)
    Ich hab' meinen Pass wieder verloren. Weißt du, wo er ist?
    I lost my passport again. Do you know where it is?
  2. (transitive) to shed
  3. (reflexive) to trail away, to fade away
  4. (reflexive) to get lost
    Ich habe mich in der Menge verloren.
    I got lost in the crowd.

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