verlies

See also: Verlies

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch verlies, from verliesen (modern Dutch verliezen).

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Noun

verlies n (plural verliezen, diminutive verliesje n)

  1. loss, defeat
  2. (the process of) losing someone or something

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Verb

verlies

  1. first-person singular present indicative of verliezen
  2. imperative of verliezen

Middle Dutch

Noun

verlies n

  1. loss, losing something
  2. disadvantage
  3. misery

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Dutch: verlies
  • Limburgish: verlees

Further reading

  • “verlies”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “verlies”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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