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/, /vɛrˈlis/

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• Hyphenation: ver‧lies
• Rhymes: -is

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

verlies n (plural verliezen, diminutive verliesje n)

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

• winst

• gewichtsverlies
• gezichtsverlies
• verlieslatend

• verliezen

• Afrikaans: verlies

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verlies

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

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verlies

1. singular imperative of verlesen

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verlies n

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

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• 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