German

Noun

Verlies n ‎(genitive Verlieses, plural Verliese, diminutive Verlieschen n)

1. dungeon (historic prison in a vault)

   Gefangene Feinde ließ man in Verliesen unterhalb der Burg verhungern.

   Captured enemies were starved to death in dungeons below the castle.

2. an underground prison or place of captivity

   Der Entführer hielt sein Opfer in einem eigens gebauten Verlies im Keller seines Hauses.

   The kidnapper held his victim in a specially built prison in the basement of his house.

Declension

Dutch

Noun

verlies n ‎(plural verliezen, diminutive verliesje n)

1. loss, defeat
2. (the process of) losing someone or something

Antonyms

• winst

Derived terms

• gewichtsverlies
• gezichtsverlies

Related terms

• verliezen

Verb

verlies

1. first-person singular present indicative of verliezen
2. imperative of verliezen