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

• “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)

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

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