No. 783 in Dutch
verliezen
To lose.
In a sentence
Ik wil niet verliezen, ik wil winnen.
I do not want to lose, I want to win.
Here, 'verliezen' (to lose) is used in the context of a competition or game, indicating the undesired outcome.
Hij kan zijn bril niet vinden; hij denkt dat hij ze verloren heeft.
He cannot find his glasses; he thinks he has lost them.
In this sentence, 'verloren' (lost) is the past participle of 'verliezen,' used to express misplacement of an object.
Nadat zijn hond overleed, voelde hij zich verloren.
After his dog passed away, he felt lost.
Here, 'verloren' (lost) is used metaphorically to describe an emotional state of aimlessness or despair.
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