Verlies
German, noun
Verlies is spelled V-E-R-L-I-E-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 50,363rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verlies is a German neuter noun meaning “dungeon (historic prison in a vault)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, verlies is a different word: “singular imperative of verlesen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zumeist kleiner, unterirdisch gelegener Raum (der historisch vor allem als Gefängnis diente)”.
What does Verlies mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdungeon (historic prison in a vault)
Gefangene Feinde ließ man in Verliesen unterhalb der Burg verhungern.
- 2
neuteran underground prison or place of captivity
Der Entführer hielt sein Opfer in einem eigens gebauten Verlies im Keller seines Hauses.
verb
- 1
singular imperative of verlesen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zumeist kleiner, unterirdisch gelegener Raum (der historisch vor allem als Gefängnis diente)
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Verlies
- Verlieses genitive
- Verliese plural
- Verlieschen diminutive neuter
- Verliesen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Verlies
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Verlies in German?
Verlies appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).