forlorn

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Abandoned, deserted, left behind.
2. Pitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.
3. Unlikely to succeed; hopeless.

lonely

desolate

dark and desolate

become an orphan

miseable

destitute of refuge

Frekwensie

Koppelteken as

for‧lorn

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/fəˈlɔːn/

From Middle English forlorn, forloren, from Old English forloren (past participle of forlēosan (“to lose”)), from Proto-Germanic *fraluzanaz (“lost”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną (“to lose”), equivalent to for- + lorn. Cognate with West Frisian ferlern (“lost”), Saterland Frisian ferlädden (“lost”), Dutch verloren (“lost”), German Low German verloren (“lost”), German verloren (“lost”), Swedish förlorad (“lost”). See further at lese/leese, lorn.