verwaarlozen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch verwaerlosen, equivalent to waar + -loos (“care + -less”) + ver- -en. Note: Dutch waar in the sense of “care” is obsolete.[1]
Ultimately from Middle High German verwarlōsen, thereby a cognate with modern German verwahrlosen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vərˈʋaːrˌloː.zə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧waar‧lo‧zen
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: verwaarloos
References
- Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “WAARI”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
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