verwaisen

German

Verb

verwaisen (third-person singular simple present verwaist, past tense verwaiste, past participle verwaist, auxiliary sein)

  1. (of a child) to become an orphan
  2. (rather rare, of a parent) to lose one's child
    • 1998, Michael Wagner, Yvonne Schütze, Verwandtschaft: sozialwissenschaftliche Beiträge zu einem vernachlässigten Thema, Lucius & Lucius DE →ISBN, page 175
      Im Vergleich zu lehenslang Kinderlosen berichten die verwaisten Eltern häufiger.
      In comparison to those who are childless for life, bereaved parents call in more often.
    • 2005, Heinrich Thies, Ronny Rieken: Portrait eines Kindermörders, zu Klampen Verlag GbR →ISBN
      Überall und immer wieder waren die verwaisten Eltern in Strücklingen an das Grauen erinnert worden, das an jenem Märztag des Jahres 1998 über sie hereingebrochen war.
      Always and everywhere in Strücklingen, the bereaved parents were reminded of the horror that had shattered their lives on a March day in 1998.
    • 2014 March 2, "cawo", "Spenden für verwaisten Familienvater", Hessischer Rundfunk
      Donations for bereaved father
  3. (of a place) to become deserted, to stand empty.

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