Usage Note
verlieren covers both losing an object and losing a game or war. Reflexively, sich verlieren means to get lost or wander off, and den Faden verlieren means 'to lose the thread' of what one was saying.
Examples
"Ich habe meinen Schlüssel verloren."
Natural Translation
I've lost my key.
Literal Translation
I have my key lost.
Related Words
- Abgebrühtheit hardened cynicism, unshockable matter-of-factness
- Abgeklärtheit serenity, mature composure, detached calm
- Abgelenktheit distractedness, state of being distracted
- Abgestumpftheit emotional numbness, blunted sensitivity
- Ablenkung distraction
- Abneigung aversion, dislike, antipathy
- Abstraktionsvermögen capacity for abstraction
- Abwesenheit absence (also of mind)
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