forlise

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German vorliesen (โ€œto loseโ€), from Proto-Germanic *fraleusanฤ…, cognate with German verlieren, Dutch verliezen, English forlese (obsolete), Gothic ๐†๐‚๐Œฐ๐Œป๐Œน๐Œฟ๐ƒ๐Œฐ๐Œฝ (fraliusan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fษ”rliหห€sษ™/, [fสŒหˆliห€sษ™]

Verb

forlise (past tense forliste, past participle forlist)

  1. (intransitive) to be shipwrecked (of a person at sea)
  2. (intransitive) to be lost, wrecked (of a ship at sea)
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) to fail
  4. (transitive, archaic) to lose

Conjugation

References

Norwegian Bokmรฅl

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German vorliesen (โ€œto loseโ€), from Proto-Germanic *fraleusanฤ…, cognate with German verlieren, Dutch verliezen, English forlese (obsolete), Gothic ๐†๐‚๐Œฐ๐Œป๐Œน๐Œฟ๐ƒ๐Œฐ๐Œฝ (fraliusan).

Verb

forlise (past tense forliste, past participle forlist)

  1. (intransitive) to be shipwrecked (of a person at sea)
  2. (intransitive) to be lost, wrecked (of a ship at sea)
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) to fail
  4. (transitive, archaic) to lose

References

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