verlieren

German

Etymology

From Old High German firliosan, 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

  • IPA(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈliːʁən]
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Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to lose (something, or a game)
    • 1929, Paul Hertz, Über Axiomensysteme für beliebige Satzsysteme, in: Mathematische Annalen 101
      Es ist leicht zu sehen, daß man, […] überall die Variablen durch Konstanten ersetzen kann, ohne daß das Gefüge den Charakter eines Schlußsystems verlöre.
      It is easy to see, that […] one can substitute the variables by constants everywhere, without the structure losing its character of a conclusion system.
  2. (transitive) to shed
  3. (reflexive) to trail away, to fade away
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 79:
      Aber oftmals lief die kleine Dorothee […] noch viel weiter, bis dorthin, wo der regelmäßige Garten sich in einen weiten natürlichen Park verlor und allmählich in Wiesen und Wald überging.
      But often the little Dorothee […] walked still much farther until there, where the regular garden faded away into a wide natural park and gradually fused into meadows and woods.

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