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)

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

Conjugation

Inflection of forlise

	present	past
simple	forliser	forliste
perfect	har forlist	havde forlist
passive	forlises	forlistes
participle	forlisende	forlist
imperative	forlis	—
infinitive	forlise	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	forlisen	—

References

“forlise” in Den Danske Ordbog

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)

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

References

“forlise” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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