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Otti verliert seinen Schlüssel. Otti loses his key.

verb · A1

verlieren

[fɛɐ̯ˈliːʁən]

to lose

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Antonyms
gewinnen
finden

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Other Examples

  • Ich verliere oft mein Handy.

    I often lose my phone.

  • Verlierst du oft deine Sachen?

    Do you often lose your things?

  • Im Park verlieren wir manchmal den Ball.

    Sometimes we lose the ball in the park.

  • Ihr verliert keine Zeit!

    You don't waste any time!

  • Frau Hilde, Sie verlieren Ihre Mütze!

    Frau Hilde, you're losing your hat!

Grammar

Present
er/sie/es verliert What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es verlor The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat verloren The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich verliereverlorhabe verloren
du verlierstverlorsthast verloren
er/sie/es verliertverlorhat verloren
wir verlierenverlorenhaben verloren
ihr verliertverlorthabt verloren
sie/Sie verlierenverlorenhaben verloren
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte verlorenwerde verlierenwerde verloren haben
du hattest verlorenwirst verlierenwirst verloren haben
er/sie/es hatte verlorenwird verlierenwird verloren haben
wir hatten verlorenwerden verlierenwerden verloren haben
ihr hattet verlorenwerdet verlierenwerdet verloren haben
sie/Sie hatten verlorenwerden verlierenwerden verloren haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich verlöre
du verlörst
er/sie/es verlöre
wir verlören
ihr verlört
sie/Sie verlören
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du verlier!
ihr verliert!
Sie verlieren Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

ver prefix lier root en ending

ver-
often a change, a loss or "away": vermieten (to rent out), verlieren (to lose), sich verlaufen (to get lost).
-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

der Verlustder Verliererdie Verliererin

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