verlies

From Dutch verlies, from Middle Dutch verlies, from verliesen.

• IPA^(key): /fərˈlis/

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verlies (plural verliese)

1. loss

• verloor

• IPA^(key): /vərˈlis/

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• Hyphenation: ver‧lies
• Rhymes: -is

From Middle Dutch verlies, from verliesen. By surface analysis, univerbation of verliezen.

verlies n (plural verliezen, diminutive verliesje n)

1. loss, defeat

   Antonym: winst

2. (the process of) losing someone or something

   Gecondoleerd met het verlies. ― Sorry for your loss.

• Afrikaans: verlies

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verlies

1. inflection of verliezen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• IPA^(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈliːs/, /fɐˈliːs/

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• Homophones: Verlies, verließ
• Rhymes: -iːs

verlies

1. singular imperative of verlesen

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

verlies n or m

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

• Dutch: verlies
  • Afrikaans: verlies
• Limburgish: verlees

• “verlies”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “verlies”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN