verloren
German, adjective
verloren is spelled V-E-R-L-O-R-E-N (8 letters) and appears 117 times per million words in written German, the 745th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verloren is a German adjective meaning “lost, missing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of verlieren. With an umlaut, verlören is a different word: “first/third-person plural subjunctive II of verlieren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht gewonnen, besiegt worden”.
What does verloren mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lost, missing
- 2
doomed, forlorn
verb
- 1
past participle of verlieren
verb
- 1
first/third-person plural preterite of verlieren
verb
- 1
first/third-person plural subjunctive II of verlieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht gewonnen, besiegt worden 2. nicht mehr auffindbar, verschwunden 3. nicht mehr zu retten, zum Scheitern bestimmt
verb: 1. Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verlieren
verb: 1. 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs verlieren 2. 3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs verlieren
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 verloren
- verlorener masculine nominative singular
- verlorene feminine nominative singular
- verlorenes neuter nominative singular
- verlorenen genitive masculine singular
- verlorenem dative masculine singular
- der verlorene definite includes-article masculine
- die verlorene definite feminine includes-article
- das verlorene definite includes-article neuter
- die verlorenen definite includes-article nominative
- des verlorenen definite genitive includes-article
- der verlorenen definite feminine genitive
- dem verlorenen dative definite includes-article
- den verlorenen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verloren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verloren in German?
verloren appears 117 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).