verlustig

German

Etymology

Middle High German verlustec, corresponding to Verlust + -ig

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈlʊstɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈlʊstɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧lus‧tig

Adjective

verlustig (strong nominative masculine singular verlustiger, not comparable)

  1. (dated, formal) lost, forfeit (suffered a loss)
    einer Sache verlustig gehento lose something
    etwas für verlustig erklärento declare something forfeit
    • 1921, Karl Henckell, Kommen wird der Tag…:
      Die ihr verlustig jeder Männlichkeit, / Merkt ihr denn nicht, daß ihr Eunuchen seid?
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Declension

Further reading

  • verlustig” in Duden online
  • verlustig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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