erloschen — meaning in English

English meaning

• defunct adj No longer existing, operating, or in use.
• expire verb To stop being valid or usable after a set time.
• extinct adjective No longer existing, especially referring to a species that has died out entirely.
• lapse noun A brief slip or failure, especially a temporary lowering of standards or attention.

Senses

erloschen is used for these senses in English:

• defunct No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.
• expire (intransitive) To lapse and become invalid.
• go out To be turned off or extinguished.
• lapse A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.

expire — full definition

1. verb To stop being valid or usable after a set time.
2. verb To die (a formal or literary use).

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