forlise

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German vorliesen (“to lose”), from Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną, cognate with German verlieren, Dutch verliezen, English forlese (obsolete), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (fraliusan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔrliːˀsə/, [fʌˈliˀsə]

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

Conjugation of forlise
active passive
present forliser forlises
past forliste forlistes
infinitive forlise forlises
imperative forlis —
participle
present forlisende
past forlist
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund forlisen

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German vorliesen (“to lose”), from Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną, cognate with German verlieren, Dutch verliezen, English forlese (obsolete), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (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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