verwaisen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- orphan noun A child whose parents have both died (or, more loosely, abandoned them).
Senses
verwaisen is used for these senses in English:
- orphan (transitive) To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive).
orphan — full definition
- noun A child whose parents have both died (or, more loosely, abandoned them).
- verb To leave a child without parents, usually through death.
- noun Something left without the support, source, or connection it depended on.