verlustig
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Middle High German verlustec, corresponding to Verlust + -ig
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈlʊstɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈlʊstɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧lus‧tig
Adjective
[edit]verlustig (strong nominative masculine singular verlustiger, not comparable)
- (dated, formal) lost, forfeit (suffered a loss)
- einer Sache verlustig gehen ― to lose something
- etwas für verlustig erklären ― to declare something forfeit
- 1921, Karl Henckell, Kommen wird der Tag…:
- Die ihr verlustig jeder Männlichkeit, / Merkt ihr denn nicht, daß ihr Eunuchen seid?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of verlustig (uncomparable)
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