lose

I ha allwäg nüt anders z'mache, als nume uf dini Chlage z’lose.

I never have to do anything but listen to your complaints.

head

lose (third-person singular simple present loset, past participle gloset, auxiliary haa)

loset (present singular third-person)
gloset (participle past)
haa (auxiliary)

From Middle High German losen, from Old High German hlosēn, from Proto-Germanic *hlusēną. Cognate with English listen; see there for more.


lose

„A což ty, lose, což ty nebohý,
Tak k dědině přivykáš?
A což ty, lose, což ty nebohý,
Zimičku lichou předvídáš?“

1874, “Písně běloruské”, in František Vymazal, editor, Slovanská poezije, Brno: Matice moravská, page 236:


lose

Johnny lost a tooth, but kept it for the tooth fairy.

He lost his spleen in a car wreck.

(transitive) To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability.

(transitive) To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident.

I’ve lost five pounds this week.

She lost all her sons in the war.

I hold it true, whate’er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
’Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXVII, page 44:

(transitive) To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend).

Frank had lost $500 staying in Vegas.

(transitive) To pay or owe (some wager) due from an unsuccessful bet or gamble.

Users who engage in disruptive behavior may lose their accounts.

(transitive) To be deprived of (some right or privileged access to something).

Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.

1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

Douglas: I took some of the pension money out of the bank and I lost it on a horse.
Nolan: Gambling with our employees' pensions?
Douglas: Gambling? No. I was riding the horse. It fell out of my pocket.

2008 November 21, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 3, Episode 1

Forest, who lost striker Kris Boyd to injury seconds before half-time, produced little after the break, with a Tyson sliced shot from 12 yards their only opportunity of note.

2011 April 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Norwich 2-1 Nott'm Forest”, in BBC Sport:

If you lose that ten-pound note, you'll be sorry.

He lost his hearing in the explosion.

She lost her position when the company was taken over.

I lost my way in the forest.

He hath lost his fellows.

1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.

We lost the football match.

You just lost The Game.

I fought the battle bravely which I lost, / And lost it but to Macedonians.

1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy:

Well, some news from overseas: according to a new report, Russia is now buying military supplies from North Korea. Yep, Russia's asking North Korea for help. Uh, tell us you're losing the war without telling us you're losing the war.

2022 September 7, 5:25 from the start, in Trump Tried to Pay Lawyer with a Horse, Also Stole Material on Foreign Nation's Nuclear Capabilities (Comedy), spoken by Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, archived from the original on 2022-09-08:

(transitive) To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc).

The policeman lost the robber he was chasing.

Mission control lost the satellite as its signal died down.

(transitive) To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.

We managed to lose our pursuers in the forest.

(transitive) To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.

I can see Mickie getting hot, I'm about to grab his arm, hold him back, say, Whoa, whoa, Mick, not here, it ain't worth it what happened inside just now. But I don't need to because Mickie loses his anger, starts smiling at ponytail, then melodramatically starts looking around at the men and women on the street going in and out of the courthouse.

2007, Ron Liebman, Death by Rodrigo, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 134:

Her attitude was so bad my mother wound up telling her, “You know we really don't have to be standing here talking to you, so you can lose the attitude or you can leave.

2012, Tracy Brooks, Dancing in the Rain, →ISBN, page 349:

(transitive) To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion).

When we get into the building, please lose the hat.

You can bet that the next woman who "loses" the top half of her bikini at the beach was born under the sign of Libra.

(transitive, informal) To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.

My watch loses five minutes a week.

It's already 5:30? My watch must have lost a few minutes.

Of a clock, to run slower than expected.

O false heart! thou hadst almost betrayed me to eternal flames, and lost me this glory.

1650, Richard Baxter, The Saints' Everlasting Rest:

a. 1699, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet, On the Excesses of Grief
How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion?

This lost Catholicism […] any semblance of a claim to special status, and also highlighted the gains which other religious formations had derived from the Revolution.

2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 556:

(ditransitive) To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.

I lost a part of what he said.

To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.

en-verb

lose (third-person singular simple present loses, present participle losing, simple past and past participle lost)

loses (present singular third-person)
losing (participle present)
lost (participle past)
lost (past)
lose (infinitive)

leave behind

cause to cease to be in one's possession

come across

antonym(s) of “cause to cease to be in one's possession”

find

antonym(s) of “be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer”

pick up

antonym(s) of “shed, remove, discard, eliminate”

the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature

what you gain on the swings you lose on the roundabouts

what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

would lose one's head if it wasn't attached

would lose one's head if it wasn't bolted on

would lose one's head if it wasn't glued on

would lose one's head if it wasn't screwed on

would lose one's head if it wasn't stuck on

would lose one's head if it wasn't tied on

would lose one's head if it weren't attached

Chinese Pidgin English: loosee

verloor

похуде́ть pf (poxudétʹ, literally “become slim”)

ottaa pois

informal: shed, remove, discard, eliminate

From Middle English losen, from Old English losian, from Proto-West Germanic *losōn, from Proto-Germanic *lusōną, *luzōną, from Proto-Germanic *lusą. The modern pronunciation with /uː/ is due to conflation with loose.


lose

Alternative form of loos (“praise; fame; reputation”).


lose

Die Schraube muss nachgezogen werden; sie ist etwas lose.

The screw needs to be tightened; it is a bit loose.

de-adj

lose (strong nominative masculine singular loser, comparative loser, superlative am losesten)

loser (masculine nominative singular strong)
loser (comparative)
am losesten (superlative)
lose (masculine predicative singular)
lose (feminine predicative singular)
lose (neuter predicative singular)
lose (plural predicative)
loser (masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
lose (feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
loses (neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
lose (nominative plural strong without-article)
losen (genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
loser (feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
losen (genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
loser (genitive plural strong without-article)
losem (dative masculine singular strong without-article)
loser (dative feminine singular strong without-article)
losem (dative neuter singular strong without-article)
losen (dative plural strong without-article)
losen (accusative masculine singular strong without-article)
lose (accusative feminine singular strong without-article)
loses (accusative neuter singular strong without-article)
lose (accusative plural strong without-article)
der lose (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die lose (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das lose (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die losen (definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des losen (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der losen (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des losen (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der losen (definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem losen (dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der losen (dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem losen (dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den losen (dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den losen (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die lose (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das lose (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die losen (accusative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein loser (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine lose (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein loses (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
losen (indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine losen (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines losen (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer losen (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines losen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
losen (genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner losen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem losen (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer losen (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem losen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
losen (dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen losen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen losen (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine lose (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein loses (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
losen (accusative indefinite mixed plural)
keine losen (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
loser (comparative masculine predicative singular)
loser (comparative feminine predicative singular)
loser (comparative neuter predicative singular)
loser (comparative plural predicative)
loserer (comparative masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
losere (comparative feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
loseres (comparative neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
losere (comparative nominative plural strong without-article)
loseren (comparative genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
loserer (comparative feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
loseren (comparative genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
loserer (comparative genitive plural strong without-article)
loserem (comparative dative masculine singular strong without-article)
loserer (comparative dative feminine singular strong without-article)
loserem (comparative dative neuter singular strong without-article)
loseren (comparative dative plural strong without-article)
loseren (accusative comparative masculine singular strong without-article)
losere (accusative comparative feminine singular strong without-article)
loseres (accusative comparative neuter singular strong without-article)
losere (accusative comparative plural strong without-article)
der losere (comparative definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die losere (comparative definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das losere (comparative definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die loseren (comparative definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des loseren (comparative definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der loseren (comparative definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des loseren (comparative definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der loseren (comparative definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem loseren (comparative dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der loseren (comparative dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem loseren (comparative dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den loseren (comparative dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den loseren (accusative comparative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die losere (accusative comparative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das losere (accusative comparative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die loseren (accusative comparative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein loserer (comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine losere (comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein loseres (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
loseren (comparative indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine loseren (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines loseren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer loseren (comparative feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines loseren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
loseren (comparative genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner loseren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem loseren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer loseren (comparative dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem loseren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
loseren (comparative dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen loseren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen loseren (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine losere (accusative comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein loseres (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
loseren (accusative comparative indefinite mixed plural)
keine loseren (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
am losesten (masculine predicative singular superlative)
am losesten (feminine predicative singular superlative)
am losesten (neuter predicative singular superlative)
am losesten (plural predicative superlative)
losester (masculine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
loseste (feminine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
losestes (neuter nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
loseste (nominative plural strong superlative without-article)
losesten (genitive masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
losester (feminine genitive singular strong superlative without-article)
losesten (genitive neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
losester (genitive plural strong superlative without-article)
losestem (dative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
losester (dative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
losestem (dative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
losesten (dative plural strong superlative without-article)
losesten (accusative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
loseste (accusative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
losestes (accusative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
loseste (accusative plural strong superlative without-article)
der loseste (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular superlative weak)
die loseste (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular superlative weak)
das loseste (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular superlative weak)
die losesten (definite includes-article nominative plural superlative weak)
des losesten (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
der losesten (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular superlative weak)
des losesten (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
der losesten (definite genitive includes-article plural superlative weak)
dem losesten (dative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
der losesten (dative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
dem losesten (dative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
den losesten (dative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
den losesten (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
die loseste (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
das loseste (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
die losesten (accusative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
ein losester (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular superlative)
eine loseste (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular superlative)
ein losestes (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular superlative)
losesten (indefinite mixed nominative plural superlative)
keine losesten (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural superlative)
eines losesten (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einer losesten (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
eines losesten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
losesten (genitive indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keiner losesten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
einem losesten (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einer losesten (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
einem losesten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
losesten (dative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keinen losesten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
einen losesten (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
eine loseste (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
ein losestes (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
losesten (accusative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keine losesten (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)

From Old High German lōs. Cognate with English loose.

los

also a distinct word, but not separable in many contexts


lose

inflection of losen:
first-person singular present

first/third-person singular subjunctive I

inflection of losen:
singular imperative


lose

losar (present)
loser (present)
losa (past)
loste (past)
losa (participle past)
lost (participle past)
losast (infinitive passive)
losande (participle present)
lose (imperative)
los (imperative)