verlieren

Bedeutung

1. (class-2,strong,transitive) to lose (something, or a game)
2. (class-2,strong,transitive) to shed
3. (class-2,reflexive,strong) to trail away, to fade away
4. (class-2,reflexive,strong) to get lost

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

[fɛɐ̯ˈliːʁən]

Etymologie

From Middle High German verliesen, from Old High German firliosan, from Proto-West Germanic *fraleusan, from Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leu- (“to detach”). Compare Ancient Greek λύω (lúō, “loose, untie”), Latin solvō (“dissolve”), English forlorn, Dutch verliezen.

Sätze

In diesem Falle verlieren sie ihre Wirkung .

In this case, they lose their effect.

Im Herbst verlieren die Bäume ihre Blätter .

In autumn, the trees lose their leaves.

Wer Hoffnungen hegt , hat etwas zu verlieren .

People who have hope have something to lose.