verwaist

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /feʁˈvaɪ̯st/, [fɐˈvaɪ̯st], [fɛɐ̯-], [-ˈʋaɪ̯st]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯st
  • Homophone: verweist

Participle

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verwaist

  1. past participle of verwaisen

Adjective

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verwaist (strong nominative masculine singular verwaister, comparative verwaister, superlative am verwaistesten)

  1. orphaned
  2. (figurative, of a place, function etc.) abandoned, vacant
    ein verwaistes Landhausan abandoned cottage

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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